Cosmos: Specify ascending/descending property for comparison based sorts

[aaditkamat]

This is a(n):

• [ ] New algorithm
• [ ] Update to an existing algorithm
• [ ] Error
• [x] Proposal to the Repository

Details:

Comparison based sorting algorithms can have two results: the object is either sorted in ascending or descending order. From what I see, most of the algorithms submitted here assume ascending order, but this can be easily resolved if an additional boolean parameter is passed to the sort function to specify the ascending/descending property. This would also entail changing the test files which depend upon the sort function accepting only the object as a parameter.

[cfya]

I would like to work on this @aaditkamat @aashigupta19 . Could you assign me this?

[russellE46]

I can do this for C++

[siddhantbarua]

I could work on this in C, if no one else is.

[AdiChat]

@siddhantbarua Sure, you may check recently opened pull requests and get started on it if available or choose a different language 👍