{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module      :  Data.Ord
-- Copyright   :  (c) The University of Glasgow 2005
-- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
-- 
-- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
-- Stability   :  stable
-- Portability :  portable
--
-- Orderings
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

module Data.Ord (
   Ord(..),
   Ordering(..),
   comparing,
 ) where





-- | 
-- > comparing p x y = compare (p x) (p y)
--
-- Useful combinator for use in conjunction with the @xxxBy@ family
-- of functions from "Data.List", for example:
--
-- >   ... sortBy (comparing fst) ...
comparing :: (Ord a) => (b -> a) -> b -> b -> Ordering
comparing p x y = compare (p x) (p y)
