q_sort is an inline function which recurses upon itself. Some compilers such as MSVC limit this which can be overridden with a parameter. Since I could find no such parameter for clang, this #IFDEF allows the sifter plugin to compile successfully.
If this approach has negative side effects, it should only affect apple. If there's a better approach to this, please reject the pull request and submit your own.
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