SORTLOSIG(3)						       MBK LOGICAL FUNCTIONS						      SORTLOSIG(3)

NAME

       sortlosig - sort the logical signals of a figure by name

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mlo.h"
       void sortlosig(signals)
       losig_list **signals;

PARAMETERS

       **signals	   Pointer to the head of the list of signals that is to be sorted

DESCRIPTION

       sortlosig sorts the list of signals pointed to by signals.  The signals are sorted by names, but since names are not  the  signals  identi-
       fier, the getsigname(3) routine is called to retrieve a signal name.
       The  standart qsort(3) function library is called for sorting.  Therefore, a table the number of signal wide is created, requiring a lot of
       memory with big circuits.  Also, even if qsort(3) runs in n log n time, getsigname(3) is called twice, and the natural comparison  function
       once, and this is quite time consuming with big circuits.  It is recommended to use this function only if needed.

EXAMPLE

       #include "mlo.h"
       void savesorted(figname)
       char *figname;
       {
       lofig_list *figure = getlosig(figname, 'A');
	 sortlocon(&figure->LOCON);
	 sortlosig(&figure->LOSIG);
	 savelofig(figure);
       }

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), losig(3), addlosig(3), dellosig(3), getsigname(3), sortlocon(3), qsort(3).

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997						      SORTLOSIG(3)