Avoid copies in sorting #5233

Job	Run time
build_linux (3.9)	35m 13s
build_windows (3.9)	1h 8m 18s
build_linux (3.10)	35m 41s
build_windows (3.10)	1h 1m 5s
build_windows (3.11)	1h 15m 55s
build_linux (3.11)	34m 50s
build_windows (3.12)	1h 6m 44s
build_linux (3.12)	36m 14s
build_windows (3.13)	1h 2m 53s
build_linux (3.13)	35m 33s
test_examples_linux (3.11, false, ubuntu-22.04)	26m 8s
array-api-conformity (3.10, false, ubuntu-22.04)	6m 5s
test_linux (3.9, false, ubuntu-22.04)	12m 20s
test_linux (3.10, false, ubuntu-22.04)	10m 54s
test_linux (3.11, false, ubuntu-22.04)	12m 19s
test_linux (3.12, false, ubuntu-22.04)	12m 0s
test_linux (3.13, false, ubuntu-22.04)	11m 30s
upload_linux	0s
test_windows (3.9, false, windows-2019)	14m 27s
test_windows (3.10, false, windows-2019)	15m 36s
test_windows (3.11, false, windows-2019)	14m 43s
test_windows (3.12, false, windows-2019)	15m 29s
test_windows (3.13, false, windows-2019)	14m 23s
upload_windows	0s
Clean up anaconda packages	0s
	11h 18m 20s

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