Source File
	sort.go

Belonging Package
	internal/fmtsort

// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package fmtsort provides a general stable ordering mechanism
// for maps, on behalf of the fmt and text/template packages.
// It is not guaranteed to be efficient and works only for types
// that are valid map keys.
package fmtsort

import (
	"cmp"
	"reflect"
	"slices"
)

// Note: Throughout this package we avoid calling reflect.Value.Interface as
// it is not always legal to do so and it's easier to avoid the issue than to face it.

// SortedMap is a slice of KeyValue pairs that simplifies sorting
// and iterating over map entries.
//
// Each KeyValue pair contains a map key and its corresponding value.
type SortedMap []KeyValue

// KeyValue holds a single key and value pair found in a map.
type KeyValue struct {
	Key, Value reflect.Value
}

// Sort accepts a map and returns a SortedMap that has the same keys and
// values but in a stable sorted order according to the keys, modulo issues
// raised by unorderable key values such as NaNs.
//
// The ordering rules are more general than with Go's < operator:
//
//   - when applicable, nil compares low
//   - ints, floats, and strings order by <
//   - NaN compares less than non-NaN floats
//   - bool compares false before true
//   - complex compares real, then imag
//   - pointers compare by machine address
//   - channel values compare by machine address
//   - structs compare each field in turn
//   - arrays compare each element in turn.
//     Otherwise identical arrays compare by length.
//   - interface values compare first by reflect.Type describing the concrete type
//     and then by concrete value as described in the previous rules.
func Sort(mapValue reflect.Value) SortedMap {
	if mapValue.Type().Kind() != reflect.Map {
		return nil
	}
	// Note: this code is arranged to not panic even in the presence
	// of a concurrent map update. The runtime is responsible for
	// yelling loudly if that happens. See issue 33275.
	n := mapValue.Len()
	sorted := make(SortedMap, 0, n)
	iter := mapValue.MapRange()
	for iter.Next() {
		sorted = append(sorted, KeyValue{iter.Key(), iter.Value()})
	}
	slices.SortStableFunc(sorted, func(a, b KeyValue) int {
		return compare(a.Key, b.Key)
	})
	return sorted
}

// compare compares two values of the same type. It returns -1, 0, 1
// according to whether a > b (1), a == b (0), or a < b (-1).
// If the types differ, it returns -1.
// See the comment on Sort for the comparison rules.
func compare(aVal, bVal reflect.Value) int {
	aType, bType := aVal.Type(), bVal.Type()
	if aType != bType {
		return -1 // No good answer possible, but don't return 0: they're not equal.
	}
	switch aVal.Kind() {
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.Int(), bVal.Int())
	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.Uint(), bVal.Uint())
	case reflect.String:
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.String(), bVal.String())
	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.Float(), bVal.Float())
	case reflect.Complex64, reflect.Complex128:
		a, b := aVal.Complex(), bVal.Complex()
		if c := cmp.Compare(real(a), real(b)); c != 0 {
			return c
		}
		return cmp.Compare(imag(a), imag(b))
	case reflect.Bool:
		a, b := aVal.Bool(), bVal.Bool()
		switch {
		case a == b:
			return 0
		case a:
			return 1
		default:
			return -1
		}
	case reflect.Pointer, reflect.UnsafePointer:
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.Pointer(), bVal.Pointer())
	case reflect.Chan:
		if c, ok := nilCompare(aVal, bVal); ok {
			return c
		}
		return cmp.Compare(aVal.Pointer(), bVal.Pointer())
	case reflect.Struct:
		for i := 0; i < aVal.NumField(); i++ {
			if c := compare(aVal.Field(i), bVal.Field(i)); c != 0 {
				return c
			}
		}
		return 0
	case reflect.Array:
		for i := 0; i < aVal.Len(); i++ {
			if c := compare(aVal.Index(i), bVal.Index(i)); c != 0 {
				return c
			}
		}
		return 0
	case reflect.Interface:
		if c, ok := nilCompare(aVal, bVal); ok {
			return c
		}
		c := compare(reflect.ValueOf(aVal.Elem().Type()), reflect.ValueOf(bVal.Elem().Type()))
		if c != 0 {
			return c
		}
		return compare(aVal.Elem(), bVal.Elem())
	default:
		// Certain types cannot appear as keys (maps, funcs, slices), but be explicit.
		panic("bad type in compare: " + aType.String())
	}
}

// nilCompare checks whether either value is nil. If not, the boolean is false.
// If either value is nil, the boolean is true and the integer is the comparison
// value. The comparison is defined to be 0 if both are nil, otherwise the one
// nil value compares low. Both arguments must represent a chan, func,
// interface, map, pointer, or slice.
func nilCompare(aVal, bVal reflect.Value) (int, bool) {
	if aVal.IsNil() {
		if bVal.IsNil() {
			return 0, true
		}
		return -1, true
	}
	if bVal.IsNil() {
		return 1, true
	}
	return 0, false
}

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