Calling a global function which has the same name as a member function

Question

The Array type in Swift has a member function called sort, with its signature being sort(isOrderedBefore: (T, T) -> Bool). This fun

Answer 1

Wrap the global sort, for example,

func my_sort<T>(arr: T[], pred: (T, T) -> Bool) -> T[] {
    return sort(arr, pred)
}

Answer 2

Chris Lattner suggests qualifying the name of the global function with Swift's default namespace, Swift. So you should be able to access the global version using: Swift.sort.