sort: reduce number of comparisons needed by medianOfThree
For some cases we can ensure the correct order of elements in two
instead of three comparisons. It is unnecessary to compare m0 and
m1 again if m2 and m1 are not swapped.
benchmark old ns/op new ns/op delta
BenchmarkSortString1K 302721 299590 -1.03%
BenchmarkSortInt1K 124055 123215 -0.68%
BenchmarkSortInt64K
12291522 12203402 -0.72%
BenchmarkSort1e2 58027 57111 -1.58%
BenchmarkSort1e4
12426805 12341761 -0.68%
BenchmarkSort1e6
1966250030 1960557883 -0.29%
Change-Id: I2b17ff8dee310ec9ab92a6f569a95932538768a9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/2614
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>