[Numpy-discussion] Conservative order in .argsort

[Robert Kern]

Berthold Höllmann wrote:

> My question is, is "kind='merge'" sorting garanteed to be conservative?

Yes, such a sort is called "stable" (at least in US computer science) and is
documented in the docstring.

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Robert Kern

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