Add a Ruby-like "spaceship operator" to Swift
This provides a Ruby-like "spaceship operator" (<=>
) for Swift. For more idiomatic Swift this uses an enum
, however if you really want to, you can use the provided rawValue
the same way you would in Ruby:
import Foundation
enum Compare: Int {
case Right = -1, Equal, Left
}
infix operator <=> {}
func <=> <T: Comparable>(left: T, right: T) -> Compare {
if left == right {
return .Equal
} else if left > right {
return .Left
} else {
return .Right
}
}
1 <=> 1 // .Equal
2.4 <=> 2.9 // .Right
"b" <=> "a" // .Left
(0 <=> 1).rawValue // -1
switch 0 <=> 1 {
case .Equal, .Left: print("That's odd")
default: print("All good")
}
// prints "All good"
Written by Michael Kohl
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