Merge with main repo.

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diff --git a/lout/object.cc b/lout/object.cc
index 85a908b9..99b5902d 100644
--- a/lout/object.cc
+++ b/lout/object.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,30 @@ size_t Object::sizeOf()
    return sizeof(Object*);
 }
 
+// ----------------
+//    Comparable
+// ----------------
+
+/**
+ * \brief This static method may be used as compare function for
+ *    qsort(3) and bsearch(3), for an array of Object* (Object*[] or
+ *    Object**).
+ */
+int Comparable::compareFun(const void *p1, const void *p2)
+{
+   Comparable *c1 = *(Comparable**)p1;
+   Comparable *c2 = *(Comparable**)p2;
+
+   if (c1 && c2)
+      return ((c1)->compareTo(c2));
+   else if (c1)
+      return 1;
+   else if (c2)
+      return -1;
+   else
+      return 0;
+}
+
 // -------------
 //    Pointer
 // -------------