void ldb_qsort (void *const pbase, size_t total_elems, size_t size, void *opaque, ldb_qsort_cmp_fn_t cmp);
+#ifndef discard_const
+#define discard_const(ptr) ((void *)((uintptr_t)(ptr)))
+#endif
+
+/*
+ a wrapper around ldb_qsort() that ensures the comparison function is
+ type safe. This will produce a compilation warning if the types
+ don't match
+ */
+#define LDB_TYPESAFE_QSORT(base, numel, opaque, comparison) \
+do { \
+ if (numel > 1) { \
+ ldb_qsort(base, numel, sizeof((base)[0]), discard_const(opaque), (ldb_qsort_cmp_fn_t)comparison); \
+ comparison(&((base)[0]), &((base)[1]), opaque); \
+ } \
+} while (0)
+
+
/**
Convert an array of string represention of a control into an array of ldb_control structures