--- a/liboctave/oct-sort.h	Wed Sep 15 20:49:35 2004 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/oct-sort.h	Wed Sep 15 21:00:13 2004 +0000
@@ -109,16 +109,20 @@
 class
 octave_sort
 {
- public:
+public:
+
   octave_sort (void);
 
   octave_sort (bool (*comp) (T, T));
   
-  ~octave_sort (void) { merge_freemem ( ); }
+  ~octave_sort (void) { merge_freemem (); }
+
+  void set_compare (bool (*comp) (T, T)) { compare = comp; }
 
   void sort (T *v, int elements);
 
- private:
+private:
+
   /* One MergeState exists on the stack per invocation of mergesort.  It's just
    * a convenient way to pass state around among the helper functions.
    *