Generate nicer numbers for debugging

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/generators.c b/generators.c
index 002b128..c4a70a0 100644
--- a/generators.c
+++ b/generators.c
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ static void generate_random(int *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	srandom(1);
 	for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) buffer[i] = random();
+
+	/* compress the values to nice small numbers to make debugging nicer */
+#if 0
+	int maxcompressed = -1;
+	for (size_t compressed = 0; compressed < size; compressed++) {
+		size_t minidx = -1;
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+			if (maxcompressed < buffer[i] && (minidx >= size || buffer[i] < buffer[minidx]))
+				minidx = i;
+		}
+		buffer[minidx] = ++maxcompressed;
+	}
+#endif
 }
 
 static void generate_sorted(int *buffer, size_t size)
@@ -17,7 +30,7 @@ static void generate_sorted(int *buffer, size_t size)
 
 static void generate_reverse(int *buffer, size_t size)
 {
-	for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) buffer[i] = INT_MAX - i;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < size; i++) buffer[i] = size - i - 1;
 }
 
 static void generate_constant(int *buffer, size_t size)