Utils: Add sorted() function

For simpler calling code.

Change-Id: Ia0a16a28770fd172f74d06a626148248bf5d3c0c
Reviewed-by: Qt CI Bot <qt_ci_bot@qt-project.org>
Reviewed-by: Christian Stenger <christian.stenger@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: <github-actions-qt-creator@cristianadam.eu>

1 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h b/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
index 713be758286..71fb2ad35d0 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/algorithm.h
@@ -1005,6 +1005,48 @@ inline void sort(Container &container, Predicate p)
     std::stable_sort(std::begin(container), std::end(container), p);
 }
 
+template <typename Container>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &container)
+{
+    Container c = container;
+    sort(c);
+    return c;
+}
+
+template <typename Container>
+inline Container sorted(Container &&container)
+{
+    sort(container);
+    return container;
+}
+
+template <typename Container>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &&container)
+{
+    return sorted(container);
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &container, Predicate p)
+{
+    Container c = container;
+    sort(c, p);
+    return c;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
+inline Container sorted(Container &&container, Predicate p)
+{
+    sort(container, p);
+    return container;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &&container, Predicate p)
+{
+    return sorted(container, p);
+}
+
 // pointer to member
 template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
 inline void sort(Container &container, R S::*member)
@@ -1017,6 +1059,27 @@ inline void sort(Container &container, R S::*member)
     });
 }
 
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &container, R S::*member)
+{
+    Container c = container;
+    sort(c, member);
+    return c;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(Container &&container, R S::*member)
+{
+    sort(container, member);
+    return container;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &&container, R S::*member)
+{
+    return sorted(container, member);
+}
+
 // pointer to member function
 template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
 inline void sort(Container &container, R (S::*function)() const)
@@ -1029,6 +1092,27 @@ inline void sort(Container &container, R (S::*function)() const)
     });
 }
 
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &container, R (S::*function)() const)
+{
+    Container c = container;
+    sort(c, function);
+    return c;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(Container &&container, R (S::*function)() const)
+{
+    sort(container, function);
+    return container;
+}
+
+template <typename Container, typename R, typename S>
+inline Container sorted(const Container &&container, R (S::*function)() const)
+{
+    return sorted(container, function);
+}
+
 //////////////////
 // reverseForeach
 /////////////////