One of my favorite things about Swift is just how so many of its language features that are implemented using its own type system. Take operators for example — they’re functions — which means that we can pass them, and call them, as functions/closures!

enum SortOrder {
    case ascending
    case descending
}

internal extension SortOrder {
    func makeComparator<T: Comparable>() -> (T, T) -> Bool {
        switch self {
        case .ascending:
            // Since Swift operators are implemented as
            // functions, we can both pass them as closures...
            return (<)
        case .descending:
            return (>)
        }
    }
}

internal extension Array {
    mutating func sort<T: Comparable>(by keyPath: KeyPath<Element, T>,
                                      order: SortOrder = .ascending) {
        sort { a, b in
            // ...and call them as closures!
            order.makeComparator()(
                a[keyPath: keyPath],
                b[keyPath: keyPath]
            )
        }
    }
}

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