std::vec: make the sorting closure use `Ordering` rather than just being

(implicitly) less_eq.

15 files changed, 118 insertions, 140 deletions

diff --git a/src/libextra/glob.rs b/src/libextra/glob.rs
index 78651b818fa..1182d526fa4 100644
--- a/src/libextra/glob.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/glob.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl Iterator<Path> for GlobIterator {
 fn list_dir_sorted(path: &Path) -> ~[Path] {
     match io::result(|| fs::readdir(path)) {
         Ok(mut children) => {
-            children.sort_by(|p1, p2| p2.filename() <= p1.filename());
+            children.sort_by(|p1, p2| p2.filename().cmp(&p1.filename()));
             children
         }
         Err(..) => ~[]
diff --git a/src/libextra/priority_queue.rs b/src/libextra/priority_queue.rs
index 3c1743cfe34..bba7d767732 100644
--- a/src/libextra/priority_queue.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/priority_queue.rs
@@ -231,11 +231,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_top_and_pop() {
         let data = ~[2u, 4, 6, 2, 1, 8, 10, 3, 5, 7, 0, 9, 1];
         let mut sorted = data.clone();
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-        sorted.sort(|x, y| x.le(y));
-=======
         sorted.sort();
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
         let mut heap = PriorityQueue::from_vec(data);
         while !heap.is_empty() {
             assert_eq!(heap.top(), sorted.last());
diff --git a/src/libextra/stats.rs b/src/libextra/stats.rs
index ba8f7d4f23f..5f3700fec07 100644
--- a/src/libextra/stats.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/stats.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ use std::util;
 // NB: this can probably be rewritten in terms of num::Num
 // to be less f64-specific.
 
+fn f64_cmp(x: f64, y: f64) -> Ordering {
+    // arbitrarily decide that NaNs are larger than everything.
+    if y.is_nan() {
+        Less
+    } else if x.is_nan() {
+        Greater
+    } else if x < y {
+        Less
+    } else if x == y {
+        Equal
+    } else {
+        Greater
+    }
+}
+
+fn f64_sort(v: &mut [f64]) {
+    v.sort_by(|x: &f64, y: &f64| f64_cmp(*x, *y));
+}
+
 /// Trait that provides simple descriptive statistics on a univariate set of numeric samples.
 pub trait Stats {
 
@@ -239,13 +258,13 @@ impl<'a> Stats for &'a [f64] {
 
     fn percentile(self, pct: f64) -> f64 {
         let mut tmp = self.to_owned();
-        tmp.sort();
+        f64_sort(tmp);
         percentile_of_sorted(tmp, pct)
     }
 
     fn quartiles(self) -> (f64,f64,f64) {
         let mut tmp = self.to_owned();
-        tmp.sort();
+        f64_sort(tmp);
         let a = percentile_of_sorted(tmp, 25.0);
         let b = percentile_of_sorted(tmp, 50.0);
         let c = percentile_of_sorted(tmp, 75.0);
@@ -290,7 +309,7 @@ fn percentile_of_sorted(sorted_samples: &[f64],
 /// See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsorising
 pub fn winsorize(samples: &mut [f64], pct: f64) {
     let mut tmp = samples.to_owned();
-    tmp.sort();
+    f64_sort(tmp);
     let lo = percentile_of_sorted(tmp, pct);
     let hi = percentile_of_sorted(tmp, 100.0-pct);
     for samp in samples.mut_iter() {
diff --git a/src/libextra/test.rs b/src/libextra/test.rs
index dd29a4d8d47..3d6dfd612f2 100644
--- a/src/libextra/test.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/test.rs
@@ -837,10 +837,7 @@ pub fn filter_tests(
     };
 
     // Sort the tests alphabetically
-    fn lteq(t1: &TestDescAndFn, t2: &TestDescAndFn) -> bool {
-        t1.desc.name.to_str() <= t2.desc.name.to_str()
-    }
-    filtered.sort_by(lteq);
+    filtered.sort_by(|t1, t2| t1.desc.name.to_str().cmp(&t2.desc.name.to_str()));
 
     // Shard the remaining tests, if sharding requested.
     match opts.test_shard {
diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/cstore.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/cstore.rs
index 6eb280df8ee..d6c79e7861c 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/cstore.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/cstore.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub fn find_extern_mod_stmt_cnum(cstore: &CStore,
     cstore.extern_mod_crate_map.find(&emod_id).map(|x| *x)
 }
 
-#[deriving(Clone)]
+#[deriving(Clone, TotalEq, TotalOrd)]
 struct crate_hash {
     name: @str,
     vers: @str,
diff --git a/src/librustc/metadata/encoder.rs b/src/librustc/metadata/encoder.rs
index 5e709f0296c..5b2a51e419f 100644
--- a/src/librustc/metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ fn encode_crate_deps(ecx: &EncodeContext,
         });
 
         // Sort by cnum
-        deps.sort_by(|kv1, kv2| kv1.cnum <= kv2.cnum);
+        deps.sort_by(|kv1, kv2| kv1.cnum.cmp(&kv2.cnum));
 
         // Sanity-check the crate numbers
         let mut expected_cnum = 1;
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs b/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
index 4d4cda82055..948c7932ca0 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/check_match.rs
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ fn missing_ctor(cx: &MatchCheckCtxt,
         // those with a destructured slice come first.
         vec_pat_lens.sort_by(|&(len1, slice1), &(len2, slice2)| {
                     if len1 == len2 {
-                        slice1 > slice2
+                        slice2.cmp(&slice1)
                     } else {
-                        len1 <= len2
+                        len1.cmp(&len2)
                     }
                 });
         vec_pat_lens.dedup();
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
index bdf4c550378..9ec0fa33716 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/lint.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use syntax::{ast, ast_util, visit};
 use syntax::ast_util::IdVisitingOperation;
 use syntax::visit::Visitor;
 
-#[deriving(Clone, Eq)]
+#[deriving(Clone, Eq, Ord, TotalEq, TotalOrd)]
 pub enum lint {
     ctypes,
     unused_imports,
@@ -110,20 +110,16 @@ pub fn level_to_str(lv: level) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
-#[deriving(Clone, Eq, Ord)]
+#[deriving(Clone, Eq, Ord, TotalEq, TotalOrd)]
 pub enum level {
     allow, warn, deny, forbid
 }
 
-#[deriving(Clone, Eq)]
+#[deriving(Clone, Eq, Ord, TotalEq, TotalOrd)]
 pub struct LintSpec {
+    default: level,
     lint: lint,
     desc: &'static str,
-    default: level
-}
-
-impl Ord for LintSpec {
-    fn lt(&self, other: &LintSpec) -> bool { self.default < other.default }
 }
 
 pub type LintDict = HashMap<&'static str, LintSpec>;
diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs b/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
index 831c3ccce9d..c562a78b961 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs
@@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@ pub fn trans_crate(sess: session::Session,
         println!("n_closures: {}", ccx.stats.n_closures);
         println("fn stats:");
 
-        ccx.stats.fn_stats.sort_by(|&(_, _, insns_a), &(_, _, insns_b)| insns_a >= insns_b);
+        ccx.stats.fn_stats.sort_by(|&(_, _, insns_a), &(_, _, insns_b)| insns_b.cmp(&insns_a));
 
         for tuple in ccx.stats.fn_stats.iter() {
             match *tuple {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index b474bbca865..8a14e37c816 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -898,44 +898,44 @@ fn item_module(w: &mut Writer, cx: &Context,
     debug!("{:?}", items);
     let mut indices = vec::from_fn(items.len(), |i| i);
 
-    fn le(i1: &clean::Item, i2: &clean::Item, idx1: uint, idx2: uint) -> bool {
+    fn cmp(i1: &clean::Item, i2: &clean::Item, idx1: uint, idx2: uint) -> Ordering {
         if shortty(i1) == shortty(i2) {
-            return i1.name <= i2.name;
+            return i1.name.cmp(&i2.name);
         }
         match (&i1.inner, &i2.inner) {
             (&clean::ViewItemItem(ref a), &clean::ViewItemItem(ref b)) => {
                 match (&a.inner, &b.inner) {
-                    (&clean::ExternMod(..), _) => true,
-                    (_, &clean::ExternMod(..)) => false,
-                    _ => idx1 <= idx2,
+                    (&clean::ExternMod(..), _) => Less,
+                    (_, &clean::ExternMod(..)) => Greater,
+                    _ => idx1.cmp(&idx2),
                 }
             }
-            (&clean::ViewItemItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::ViewItemItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::ModuleItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::ModuleItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::StructItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::StructItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::EnumItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::EnumItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::StaticItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::StaticItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::ForeignStaticItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::ForeignStaticItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::TraitItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::TraitItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::FunctionItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::FunctionItem(..)) => false,
-            (&clean::TypedefItem(..), _) => true,
-            (_, &clean::TypedefItem(..)) => false,
-            _ => idx1 <= idx2,
+            (&clean::ViewItemItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::ViewItemItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::ModuleItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::ModuleItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::StructItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::StructItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::EnumItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::EnumItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::StaticItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::StaticItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::ForeignFunctionItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::ForeignStaticItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::ForeignStaticItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::TraitItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::TraitItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::FunctionItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::FunctionItem(..)) => Greater,
+            (&clean::TypedefItem(..), _) => Less,
+            (_, &clean::TypedefItem(..)) => Greater,
+            _ => idx1.cmp(&idx2),
         }
     }
 
     debug!("{:?}", indices);
-    indices.sort_by(|&i1, &i2| le(&items[i1], &items[i2], i1, i2));
+    indices.sort_by(|&i1, &i2| cmp(&items[i1], &items[i2], i1, i2));
 
     debug!("{:?}", indices);
     let mut curty = "";
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ fn build_sidebar(m: &clean::Module) -> HashMap<~str, ~[~str]> {
     }
 
     for (_, items) in map.mut_iter() {
-        items.sort(|i1, i2| i1 <= i2);
+        items.sort();
     }
     return map;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/prelude.rs b/src/libstd/prelude.rs
index 91aa3470ff4..583e87370bc 100644
--- a/src/libstd/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/prelude.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ pub use tuple::{Tuple1, Tuple2, Tuple3, Tuple4};
 pub use tuple::{Tuple5, Tuple6, Tuple7, Tuple8};
 pub use tuple::{Tuple9, Tuple10, Tuple11, Tuple12};
 pub use vec::{ImmutableEqVector, ImmutableTotalOrdVector, ImmutableCopyableVector};
-pub use vec::{OwnedVector, OwnedCopyableVector,OwnedEqVector, MutableVector, MutableOrdVector};
+pub use vec::{OwnedVector, OwnedCopyableVector,OwnedEqVector};
+pub use vec::{MutableVector, MutableTotalOrdVector};
 pub use vec::{Vector, VectorVector, CopyableVector, ImmutableVector};
 
 // Reexported runtime types
diff --git a/src/libstd/vec.rs b/src/libstd/vec.rs
index 58392774fa0..d31fe0ee434 100644
--- a/src/libstd/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/vec.rs
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ impl<T:Eq> OwnedEqVector<T> for ~[T] {
     }
 }
 
-fn merge_sort<T>(v: &mut [T], less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool) {
+fn merge_sort<T>(v: &mut [T], compare: |&T, &T| -> Ordering) {
     // warning: this wildly uses unsafe.
     static INSERTION: uint = 8;
 
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ fn merge_sort<T>(v: &mut [T], less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool) {
     // allocate some memory to use as scratch memory, we keep the
     // length 0 so we can keep shallow copies of the contents of `v`
     // without risking the dtors running on an object twice if
-    // `less_eq` fails.
+    // `compare` fails.
     let mut working_space = with_capacity(2 * len);
     // these both are buffers of length `len`.
     let mut buf_dat = working_space.as_mut_ptr();
@@ -1960,7 +1960,8 @@ fn merge_sort<T>(v: &mut [T], less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool) {
 
                 // start <= j - 1 < len, so .offset(j - 1) is in
                 // bounds.
-                while j > start as int && !less_eq(&*buf_dat.offset(j - 1), &*read_ptr) {
+                while j > start as int &&
+                        compare(&*read_ptr, &*buf_dat.offset(j - 1)) == Less {
                     j -= 1;
                 }
 
@@ -2034,10 +2035,10 @@ fn merge_sort<T>(v: &mut [T], less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool) {
 
                     // `left < right_start` and `right < right_end`,
                     // so these are valid.
-                    let to_copy = if less_eq(&*left, &*right) {
-                        step(&mut left)
-                    } else {
+                    let to_copy = if compare(&*left, &*right) == Greater {
                         step(&mut right)
+                    } else {
+                        step(&mut left)
                     };
                     ptr::copy_nonoverlapping_memory(out, to_copy, 1);
                     step(&mut out);
@@ -2164,8 +2165,8 @@ pub trait MutableVector<'a, T> {
     /// Reverse the order of elements in a vector, in place
     fn reverse(self);
 
-    /// Sort the vector, in place, using `less_eq` to compare `a <=
-    /// b`.
+    /// Sort the vector, in place, using `compare` to compare
+    /// elements.
     ///
     /// This sort is `O(n log n)` worst-case and stable, but allocates
     /// approximately `2 * n`, where `n` is the length of `self`.
@@ -2174,14 +2175,14 @@ pub trait MutableVector<'a, T> {
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// let mut v = [5, 4, 1, 3, 2];
-    /// v.sort(|a, b| *a <= *b);
+    /// v.sort(|a, b| a.cmp(b));
     /// assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
     ///
     /// // reverse sorting
-    /// v.sort(|a, b| *b <= *a);
+    /// v.sort(|a, b| b.cmp(a));
     /// assert_eq!(v, [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]);
     /// ```
-    fn sort_by(self, less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool);
+    fn sort_by(self, compare: |&T, &T| -> Ordering);
 
     /**
      * Consumes `src` and moves as many elements as it can into `self`
@@ -2328,12 +2329,8 @@ impl<'a,T> MutableVector<'a, T> for &'a mut [T] {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-    fn sort(self, less_eq: |&T, &T| -> bool) {
-=======
-    fn sort_by<Sort: SortComparator<T>>(self, less_eq: Sort) {
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
-        merge_sort(self, less_eq)
+    fn sort_by(self, compare: |&T, &T| -> Ordering) {
+        merge_sort(self, compare)
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -2391,7 +2388,7 @@ impl<'a, T:Clone> MutableCloneableVector<T> for &'a mut [T] {
 
 /// Methods for mutable vectors with orderable elements, such as
 /// in-place sorting.
-pub trait MutableOrdVector<T> {
+pub trait MutableTotalOrdVector<T> {
     /// Sort the vector, in place.
     ///
     /// This is equivalent to `self.sort_by(std::vec::SortForward)`.
@@ -2408,10 +2405,10 @@ pub trait MutableOrdVector<T> {
     /// ```
     fn sort(self);
 }
-impl<'a, T: Ord> MutableOrdVector<T> for &'a mut [T] {
+impl<'a, T: TotalOrd> MutableTotalOrdVector<T> for &'a mut [T] {
     #[inline]
     fn sort(self) {
-        self.sort_by(SortForward)
+        self.sort_by(|a,b| a.cmp(b))
     }
 }
 
@@ -3502,41 +3499,25 @@ mod tests {
         for len in range(4u, 25) {
             for _ in range(0, 100) {
                 let mut v = task_rng().gen_vec::<uint>(len);
-                v.sort(|a,b| a <= b);
-
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-                assert!(v.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]));
-=======
                 let mut v1 = v.clone();
-                let mut v2 = v.clone();
+
                 v.sort();
                 assert!(v.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]));
 
-                v1.sort_by(vec::SortForward);
+                v1.sort_by(|a, b| a.cmp(b));
                 assert!(v1.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]));
 
-                v1.sort_by(vec::SortReverse);
+                v1.sort_by(|a, b| b.cmp(a));
                 assert!(v1.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] >= w[1]));
-
-                v2.sort_by(|a: &uint, b: &uint| a <= b);
-                assert!(v2.windows(2).all(|w| w[0] <= w[1]));
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
             }
         }
 
         // shouldn't fail/crash
         let mut v: [uint, .. 0] = [];
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-        v.sort(|a,b| a <= b);
+        v.sort();
 
         let mut v = [0xDEADBEEF];
-        v.sort(|a,b| a <= b);
-=======
-        v.sort_by(SortForward);
-
-        let mut v = [0xDEADBEEF];
-        v.sort_by(SortForward);
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
+        v.sort();
         assert_eq!(v, [0xDEADBEEF]);
     }
 
@@ -3559,11 +3540,7 @@ mod tests {
 
                 // only sort on the first element, so an unstable sort
                 // may mix up the counts.
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-                v.sort(|&(a,_), &(b,_)| a <= b);
-=======
-                v.sort_by(|&(a,_): &(uint, uint), &(b,_): &(uint, uint)| a <= b);
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
+                v.sort_by(|&(a,_), &(b,_)| a.cmp(&b));
 
                 // this comparison includes the count (the second item
                 // of the tuple), so elements with equal first items
@@ -4398,10 +4375,10 @@ mod bench {
     use extra::test::BenchHarness;
     use iter::range;
     use vec;
-    use vec::{VectorVector, MutableOrdVector};
+    use vec::{VectorVector, MutableTotalOrdVector};
     use option::*;
     use ptr;
-    use rand::{weak_rng, task_rng, Rng};
+    use rand::{weak_rng, Rng};
     use mem;
 
     #[bench]
@@ -4604,33 +4581,34 @@ mod bench {
             })
     }
 
+    #[bench]
     fn sort_random_small(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
         let mut rng = weak_rng();
         bh.iter(|| {
-            let mut v: ~[f64] = rng.gen_vec(5);
+            let mut v: ~[u64] = rng.gen_vec(5);
             v.sort();
         });
-        bh.bytes = 5 * mem::size_of::<f64>() as u64;
+        bh.bytes = 5 * mem::size_of::<u64>() as u64;
     }
 
     #[bench]
     fn sort_random_medium(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
         let mut rng = weak_rng();
         bh.iter(|| {
-            let mut v: ~[f64] = rng.gen_vec(100);
+            let mut v: ~[u64] = rng.gen_vec(100);
             v.sort();
         });
-        bh.bytes = 100 * mem::size_of::<f64>() as u64;
+        bh.bytes = 100 * mem::size_of::<u64>() as u64;
     }
 
     #[bench]
     fn sort_random_large(bh: &mut BenchHarness) {
         let mut rng = weak_rng();
         bh.iter(|| {
-            let mut v: ~[f64] = rng.gen_vec(10000);
+            let mut v: ~[u64] = rng.gen_vec(10000);
             v.sort();
         });
-        bh.bytes = 10000 * mem::size_of::<f64>() as u64;
+        bh.bytes = 10000 * mem::size_of::<u64>() as u64;
     }
 
     #[bench]
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
index 4564542f929..8dff321ca0e 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
@@ -203,11 +203,7 @@ pub fn sort_meta_items(items: &[@MetaItem]) -> ~[@MetaItem] {
         .map(|&mi| (mi.name(), mi))
         .collect::<~[(@str, @MetaItem)]>();
 
-<<<<<<< HEAD
-    v.sort(|&(a, _), &(b, _)| a <= b);
-=======
-    v.sort_by(|&(a, _): &(@str, @MetaItem), &(b, _): &(@str, @MetaItem)| a <= b);
->>>>>>> 9ceda35... std::vec: add a sugary .sort() method for plain Ord sorting.
+    v.sort_by(|&(a, _), &(b, _)| a.cmp(&b));
 
     // There doesn't seem to be a more optimal way to do this
     v.move_iter().map(|(_, m)| {
diff --git a/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs b/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
index ca04f3d9704..2f63c6046f8 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
@@ -26,37 +26,32 @@ use std::task;
 use std::util;
 use std::vec;
 
+fn f64_cmp(x: f64, y: f64) -> Ordering {
+    // arbitrarily decide that NaNs are larger than everything.
+    if y.is_nan() {
+        Less
+    } else if x.is_nan() {
+        Greater
+    } else if x < y {
+        Less
+    } else if x == y {
+        Equal
+    } else {
+        Greater
+    }
+}
+
 // given a map, print a sorted version of it
 fn sort_and_fmt(mm: &HashMap<~[u8], uint>, total: uint) -> ~str {
    fn pct(xx: uint, yy: uint) -> f64 {
       return (xx as f64) * 100.0 / (yy as f64);
    }
 
-   fn le_by_val<TT:Clone,
-                UU:Clone + Ord>(
-                kv0: &(TT,UU),
-                kv1: &(TT,UU))
-                -> bool {
-      let (_, v0) = (*kv0).clone();
-      let (_, v1) = (*kv1).clone();
-      return v0 >= v1;
-   }
-
-   fn le_by_key<TT:Clone + Ord,
-                UU:Clone>(
-                kv0: &(TT,UU),
-                kv1: &(TT,UU))
-                -> bool {
-      let (k0, _) = (*kv0).clone();
-      let (k1, _) = (*kv1).clone();
-      return k0 <= k1;
-   }
-
    // sort by key, then by value
-   fn sortKV<TT:Clone + Ord, UU:Clone + Ord>(mut orig: ~[(TT,UU)]) -> ~[(TT,UU)] {
-        orig.sort_by(le_by_key);
-        orig.sort_by(le_by_val);
-        origin
+   fn sortKV(mut orig: ~[(~[u8],f64)]) -> ~[(~[u8],f64)] {
+        orig.sort_by(|&(ref a, _), &(ref b, _)| a.cmp(b));
+        orig.sort_by(|&(_, a), &(_, b)| f64_cmp(b, a));
+        orig
    }
 
    let mut pairs = ~[];
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/vector-sort-failure-safe.rs b/src/test/run-pass/vector-sort-failure-safe.rs
index ca82fb0422e..a45daad64b8 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/vector-sort-failure-safe.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/vector-sort-failure-safe.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ static MAX_LEN: uint = 20;
 static mut drop_counts: [uint, .. MAX_LEN] = [0, .. MAX_LEN];
 static mut clone_count: uint = 0;
 
-#[deriving(Rand, Ord)]
+#[deriving(Rand, Ord, TotalEq, TotalOrd)]
 struct DropCounter { x: uint, clone_num: uint }
 
 impl Clone for DropCounter {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub fn main() {
             // work out the total number of comparisons required to sort
             // this array...
             let mut count = 0;
-            main.clone().sort_by(|a, b| { count += 1; a <= b });
+            main.clone().sort_by(|a, b| { count += 1; a.cmp(b) });
 
             // ... and then fail on each and every single one.
             for fail_countdown in range(0, count) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn main() {
                                     fail!()
                                 }
                                 fail_countdown -= 1;
-                                a <= b
+                                a.cmp(b)
                             })
                     });