--- a/liboctave/str-vec.cc	Thu Feb 05 02:42:58 2009 -0500
+++ b/liboctave/str-vec.cc	Wed Feb 04 16:05:01 2009 +0100
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@
 }
 
 string_vector&
+string_vector::sort (bool make_uniq)
+{
+  // Don't use Array<std::string>::sort () to allow sorting in place.
+  octave_sort<std::string> lsort;
+  lsort.sort (Array<std::string>::fortran_vec (), length ());
+
+  if (make_uniq)
+    uniq ();
+
+  return *this;
+}
+string_vector&
 string_vector::uniq (void)
 {
   octave_idx_type len = length ();