func compare()

in internal/backport/fmtsort/sort.go [79:183]
104 lines of code
33 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

func compare(aVal, bVal reflect.Value) int {
	aType, bType := aVal.Type(), bVal.Type()
	if aType != bType {
		return -1 // No good answer possible, but don't return 0: they're not equal.
	}
	switch aVal.Kind() {
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
		a, b := aVal.Int(), bVal.Int()
		switch {
		case a < b:
			return -1
		case a > b:
			return 1
		default:
			return 0
		}
	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr:
		a, b := aVal.Uint(), bVal.Uint()
		switch {
		case a < b:
			return -1
		case a > b:
			return 1
		default:
			return 0
		}
	case reflect.String:
		a, b := aVal.String(), bVal.String()
		switch {
		case a < b:
			return -1
		case a > b:
			return 1
		default:
			return 0
		}
	case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
		return floatCompare(aVal.Float(), bVal.Float())
	case reflect.Complex64, reflect.Complex128:
		a, b := aVal.Complex(), bVal.Complex()
		if c := floatCompare(real(a), real(b)); c != 0 {
			return c
		}
		return floatCompare(imag(a), imag(b))
	case reflect.Bool:
		a, b := aVal.Bool(), bVal.Bool()
		switch {
		case a == b:
			return 0
		case a:
			return 1
		default:
			return -1
		}
	case reflect.Ptr, reflect.UnsafePointer:
		a, b := aVal.Pointer(), bVal.Pointer()
		switch {
		case a < b:
			return -1
		case a > b:
			return 1
		default:
			return 0
		}
	case reflect.Chan:
		if c, ok := nilCompare(aVal, bVal); ok {
			return c
		}
		ap, bp := aVal.Pointer(), bVal.Pointer()
		switch {
		case ap < bp:
			return -1
		case ap > bp:
			return 1
		default:
			return 0
		}
	case reflect.Struct:
		for i := 0; i < aVal.NumField(); i++ {
			if c := compare(aVal.Field(i), bVal.Field(i)); c != 0 {
				return c
			}
		}
		return 0
	case reflect.Array:
		for i := 0; i < aVal.Len(); i++ {
			if c := compare(aVal.Index(i), bVal.Index(i)); c != 0 {
				return c
			}
		}
		return 0
	case reflect.Interface:
		if c, ok := nilCompare(aVal, bVal); ok {
			return c
		}
		c := compare(reflect.ValueOf(aVal.Elem().Type()), reflect.ValueOf(bVal.Elem().Type()))
		if c != 0 {
			return c
		}
		return compare(aVal.Elem(), bVal.Elem())
	default:
		// Certain types cannot appear as keys (maps, funcs, slices), but be explicit.
		panic("bad type in compare: " + aType.String())
	}
}