perf: replace bubble sort with slices.SortFunc in OrderBy

Replaces O(n²) bubble sort algorithm with O(n log n) slices.SortFunc
from the standard library, delivering massive performance improvements.

Performance improvements:
- Large dataset (1000 items): 2,121,531 ns/op → 3,372 ns/op (629x faster!)
- Small dataset (10 items): 199 ns/op → 178 ns/op (10% faster)
- Time reduction: 99.84% for large datasets

Resolves the TODO comment about replacing the simple algorithm.

Also adds comprehensive benchmarks for both small and large datasets
to track performance regressions.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2 changed files with 39 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
package underscore
import "slices"
// OrderBy orders a slice by a field value within a struct, the predicate allows you
// to pick the fields you want to orderBy. Use > for ASC or < for DESC
// Uses O(n log n) sorting algorithm. Mutates the input slice.
//
// func (left Person, right Person) bool { return left.Age > right.Age }
func OrderBy[T any](list []T, predicate func(T, T) bool) []T {
swaps := true
var tmp T
//todo: replace with a faster algorithm, this one is pretty simple
for swaps {
swaps = false
for i := 0; i < len(list)-1; i++ {
if predicate(list[i], list[i+1]) {
swaps = true
tmp = list[i]
list[i] = list[i+1]
list[i+1] = tmp
slices.SortFunc(list, func(a, b T) int {
if predicate(a, b) {
return 1
}
if predicate(b, a) {
return -1
}
}
return 0
})
return list
}

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@ -29,3 +29,31 @@ func Test_OrderBy_Desc(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, want, result)
}
func BenchmarkOrderBy(b *testing.B) {
data := make([]int, 1000)
for i := range data {
data[i] = 1000 - i // Reverse order - worst case for bubble sort
}
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
dataCopy := make([]int, len(data))
copy(dataCopy, data)
u.OrderBy(dataCopy, func(a, b int) bool { return a > b })
}
}
func BenchmarkOrderBySmall(b *testing.B) {
data := make([]int, 10)
for i := range data {
data[i] = 10 - i
}
b.ResetTimer()
for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
dataCopy := make([]int, len(data))
copy(dataCopy, data)
u.OrderBy(dataCopy, func(a, b int) bool { return a > b })
}
}