constexpr comb_sort

sort.hpp

template<typename Array>
constexpr void comb_sort_impl ( Array & array_ ) noexcept {
    using size_type = typename Array::size_type;
    size_type gap = array_.size ( );
    bool swapped = false;
    while ( ( gap > size_type { 1 } ) or swapped ) {
        if ( gap > size_type { 1 } ) {
            gap = static_cast<size_type> ( gap / 1.247330950103979 );
        }
        swapped = false;
        for ( size_type i = size_type { 0 }; gap + i < static_cast< size_type > ( array_.size ( ) ); ++i ) {
            if ( array_ [ i ] > array_ [ i + gap ] ) {
                auto swap = array_ [ i ];
                array_ [ i ] = array_ [ i + gap ];
                array_ [ i + gap ] = swap;
                swapped = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

template<typename Array>
constexpr Array sort ( Array array_ ) {
    auto sorted = array_;
    comb_sort_impl ( sorted );
    return sorted;
}

int main ( ) {

    constexpr auto sorted = sort ( std::array<int, 8> { 6, 8, 0, 1, 5, 9, 2, 7 } );

    for ( auto i : sorted )
        std::cout << i << ' ';
    std::cout << std::endl;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}