- make-mapping-comparator comparatorprocedure
Returns a comparator for mappings that is compatible with the equality predicate (mapping=? comparator mapping1 mapping2). If make-mapping-comparator is imported from (srfi 146), it provides a (partial) ordering predicate that is applicable to pairs of mappings with the same (key) comparator. If (make-hashmap-comparator) is imported from (srfi 146 hash), it provides an implementation-dependent hash function.
If make-mapping-comparator is imported from (srfi 146), the lexicographic ordering with respect to the keys (and, in case a tiebreak is necessary, with respect to the ordering of the values) is used for mappings sharing a comparator.
The existence of comparators returned by make-mapping-comparator allows mappings whose keys are mappings themselves, and it allows to compare mappings whose values are mappings.
The following comparator is used to compare mappings when (make-default-comparator) from SRFI 128 is invoked:
mapping-comparator
mapping-comparator is constructed by invoking make-mapping-comparator on (make-default-comparator).