iter-extra

A Rust crate providing additional iterator methods for working with partial ordering, particularly useful when dealing with floating-point numbers and other types that implement PartialOrd but not Ord.

Features

min_by_partial_key - Find the minimum element using a key function with partial ordering
max_by_partial_key - Find the maximum element using a key function with partial ordering
Handles NaN values gracefully by treating them as equal during comparisons
Works with any iterator type through a blanket implementation
Gradually extended with things we don't want to re-implement

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
iter-extra = "0.1.0"

Usage

use iter_extra::prelude::*;

// Basic usage with floating-point numbers
let numbers = vec![3.2, 1.5, 2.8, 0.9];
assert_eq!(numbers.iter().min_by_partial_key(|&x| x), Some(&0.9));
assert_eq!(numbers.iter().max_by_partial_key(|&x| x), Some(&3.2));

// Works with NaN values
assert_eq!(numbers.iter().min_by_partial_key(|&x| x), Some(&0.5));

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing