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+Doug Coleman
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diff --git a/basis/sorting/functor/functor.factor b/basis/sorting/functor/functor.factor
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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Doug Coleman.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: functors kernel math.order sequences sorting ;
+IN: sorting.functor
+
+FUNCTOR: define-sorting ( NAME QUOT -- )
+
+NAME<=> DEFINES ${NAME}<=>
+NAME>=< DEFINES ${NAME}>=<
+NAME-compare DEFINES ${NAME}-compare
+NAME-sort DEFINES ${NAME}-sort
+NAME-sort-keys DEFINES ${NAME}-sort-keys
+NAME-sort-values DEFINES ${NAME}-sort-values
+
+WHERE
+
+: NAME<=> ( obj1 obj2 -- <=> ) QUOT bi@ <=> ;
+: NAME>=< ( obj1 obj2 -- >=< ) NAME<=> invert-comparison ;
+: NAME-compare ( obj1 obj2 quot -- <=> ) bi@ NAME<=> ; inline
+: NAME-sort ( seq -- sortedseq ) [ NAME<=> ] sort ;
+: NAME-sort-keys ( seq -- sortedseq ) [ [ first ] NAME-compare ] sort ;
+: NAME-sort-values ( seq -- sortedseq ) [ [ second ] NAME-compare ] sort ;
+
+;FUNCTOR