From e979209de3fe6ca0c54dbe1e95f74af22f5c7f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nova <email@nova.gay>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 16:53:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] slight likely branch improvements

---
 sorting.c | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sorting.c b/sorting.c
index 9399d20..cb7141e 100644
--- a/sorting.c
+++ b/sorting.c
@@ -43,38 +43,37 @@ int sort_natural(const void *file0, const void *file1){
 	char result = 0;
 
 	do {
-		is_num = 0;
 
-		if ((*a >= '0') && (*a <= '9')) {
+		if ((*a <= '9') && (*a >= '0')) {
 			parsed_number0 = 0;
-			while((*a >= '0') && (*a <= '9')) {
+			do {
 				parsed_number0 = (parsed_number0 * 10) + (*a - '0');
 				a++;
-			}
+			} while((*a <= '9') && (*a >= '0'));
 			is_num |= 1;
 		}
-		if ((*b >= '0') && (*b <= '9')) {
+		if ((*b <= '9') && (*b >= '0')) {
 			parsed_number1 = 0;
-			while((*b >= '0') && (*b <= '9')) {
+			do {
 				parsed_number1 = (parsed_number1 * 10) + (*b - '0');
 				b++;
-			}
+			} while((*b <= '9') && (*b >= '0'));
 			is_num |= 2;
 		}
 
 		if (is_num) {
 			if (is_num == 1) {
-				if (*b < '0') {
-					result = 1;
-				} else {
+				if (*b > '9') {
 					result = -1;
+				} else {
+					result = 1;
 				}
 				break;
 			} else if (is_num == 2) {
-				if (*a < '0') {
-					result = -1;
-				} else {
+				if (*a > '9') {
 					result = 1;
+				} else {
+					result = -1;
 				}
 				break;
 			} else {
@@ -88,6 +87,7 @@ int sort_natural(const void *file0, const void *file1){
 			}
 			/* those breaks are not set here, due to the possibillity that both numbers are equal
 			 * in which case the comparison should continue */
+			is_num = 0;
 		}
 
 		unsigned char aa = ((*a >= 'A') && (*a <= 'Z')) ? (*a | ' ') : *a;