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Module Base.Ordering

Ordering is intended to make code that matches on the result of a comparison more concise and easier to read.

For example, instead of writing:

  let r = compare x y in
  if r < 0 then
    ...
  else if r = 0 then
    ...
  else
    ...

you could simply write:

  match Ordering.of_int (compare x y) with
  | Less -> ...
  | Equal -> ...
  | Greater -> ...
type t =
  1. | Less
  2. | Equal
  3. | Greater
val compare : t -> t -> int
val all : t list
val hash_fold_t : Hash.state -> t -> Hash.state
val hash : t -> Hash.hash_value
include Sexpable.S with type t := t
val t_of_sexp : Sexp.t -> t
val sexp_of_t : t -> Sexp.t
include Equal.S with type t := t
val equal : t Equal.equal
val of_int : int -> t

of_int n is:

  Less     if n < 0
  Equal    if n = 0
  Greater  if n > 0
val to_int : t -> int

to_int t is:

  Less     -> -1
  Equal    -> 0
  Greater  -> 1

It can be useful when writing a comparison function to allow one to return Ordering.t values and transform them to ints later.

module Export : sig ... end
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