add $$sorted() function.

[ChangeLog][qmake] Added $$sorted() function.

Change-Id: Ic069d3ef7c0b7a260c714c76eecc71c41417d01f
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Joerg Bornemann <joerg.bornemann@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Lars Knoll <lars.knoll@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Smith <martin.smith@theqtcompany.com>

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
index 5828d515e5..a173979117 100644
--- a/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
+++ b/qmake/doc/src/qmake-manual.qdoc
@@ -2858,6 +2858,7 @@
 
     See also \l{take_first()}, \l{fn_last}{last()}.
 
+    \target format_number()
     \section2 format_number(number[, options...])
 
     Returns \c number in the format specified by \c options. You can specify the
@@ -3074,6 +3075,14 @@
 
     This is an internal function that you will typically not need.
 
+    \section2 sorted(variablename)
+
+    Returns the list of values in \c variablename with entries sorted
+    in ascending ASCII order.
+
+    Numerical sorting can be accomplished by zero-padding the values to
+    a fixed length with the help of the \l{format_number()} function.
+
     \section2 split(variablename, separator)
 
     Splits the value of \c variablename into separate values, and returns them
diff --git a/qmake/library/proitems.h b/qmake/library/proitems.h
index db5ad7c82b..16dd9386c8 100644
--- a/qmake/library/proitems.h
+++ b/qmake/library/proitems.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public:
     bool operator!=(const QString &other) const { return !(*this == other); }
     bool operator!=(QLatin1String other) const { return !(*this == other); }
     bool operator!=(const char *other) const { return !(*this == other); }
+    bool operator<(const ProString &other) const { return toQStringRef() < other.toQStringRef(); }
     bool isNull() const { return m_string.isNull(); }
     bool isEmpty() const { return !m_length; }
     int length() const { return m_length; }
diff --git a/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp b/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
index 6c8a079faf..6f93b655b4 100644
--- a/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
+++ b/qmake/library/qmakebuiltins.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ enum ExpandFunc {
     E_INVALID = 0, E_MEMBER, E_STR_MEMBER, E_FIRST, E_TAKE_FIRST, E_LAST, E_TAKE_LAST,
     E_SIZE, E_STR_SIZE, E_CAT, E_FROMFILE, E_EVAL, E_LIST, E_SPRINTF, E_FORMAT_NUMBER,
     E_NUM_ADD, E_JOIN, E_SPLIT, E_BASENAME, E_DIRNAME, E_SECTION,
-    E_FIND, E_SYSTEM, E_UNIQUE, E_REVERSE, E_QUOTE, E_ESCAPE_EXPAND,
+    E_FIND, E_SYSTEM, E_UNIQUE, E_SORTED, E_REVERSE, E_QUOTE, E_ESCAPE_EXPAND,
     E_UPPER, E_LOWER, E_TITLE, E_FILES, E_PROMPT, E_RE_ESCAPE, E_VAL_ESCAPE,
     E_REPLACE, E_SORT_DEPENDS, E_RESOLVE_DEPENDS, E_ENUMERATE_VARS,
     E_SHADOWED, E_ABSOLUTE_PATH, E_RELATIVE_PATH, E_CLEAN_PATH,
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ void QMakeEvaluator::initFunctionStatics()
         { "find", E_FIND },
         { "system", E_SYSTEM },
         { "unique", E_UNIQUE },
+        { "sorted", E_SORTED },
         { "reverse", E_REVERSE },
         { "quote", E_QUOTE },
         { "escape_expand", E_ESCAPE_EXPAND },
@@ -899,6 +900,14 @@ ProStringList QMakeEvaluator::evaluateBuiltinExpand(
             ret.removeDuplicates();
         }
         break;
+    case E_SORTED:
+        if (args.count() != 1) {
+            evalError(fL1S("sorted(var) requires one argument."));
+        } else {
+            ret = values(map(args.at(0)));
+            std::sort(ret.begin(), ret.end());
+        }
+        break;
     case E_REVERSE:
         if (args.count() != 1) {
             evalError(fL1S("reverse(var) requires one argument."));