Update slices dependency to use Compare

api/metrics/multi_gatherer.go

@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ func (g *multiGatherer) Register(namespace string, gatherer prometheus.Gatherer)
 }
 
 func sortMetrics(m []*dto.MetricFamily) {
-	slices.SortFunc(m, func(i, j *dto.MetricFamily) bool {
-		return *i.Name < *j.Name
+	slices.SortFunc(m, func(i, j *dto.MetricFamily) int {
+		switch {
+		case *i.Name < *j.Name:
+			return -1
+		case *i.Name > *j.Name:
+			return 1
+		default:
+			return 0
+		}
 	})
 }

chains/atomic/state.go

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database/linkeddb"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/database/prefixdb"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
-	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/hashing"
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/utils/set"
 )
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ func (s *state) getKeys(traits [][]byte, startTrait, startKey []byte, limit int)
 	lastKey := startKey
 	// Iterate over the traits in order appending all of the keys that possess
 	// the given [traits].
-	utils.SortBytes(traits)
+	slices.SortFunc(traits, bytes.Compare)
 	for _, trait := range traits {
 		switch bytes.Compare(trait, startTrait) {
 		case -1:

codec/reflectcodec/type_codec.go

@@ -490,10 +490,10 @@ func (c *genericCodec) marshal(
 			endOffset = p.Offset
 		}
 
-		slices.SortFunc(sortedKeys, func(a, b keyTuple) bool {
+		slices.SortFunc(sortedKeys, func(a, b keyTuple) int {
 			aBytes := p.Bytes[a.startIndex:a.endIndex]
 			bBytes := p.Bytes[b.startIndex:b.endIndex]
-			return bytes.Compare(aBytes, bBytes) < 0
+			return bytes.Compare(aBytes, bBytes)
 		})
 
 		allKeyBytes := slices.Clone(p.Bytes[startOffset:p.Offset])

genesis/config.go

@@ -53,9 +53,15 @@ func (a Allocation) Unparse(networkID uint32) (UnparsedAllocation, error) {
 	return ua, err
 }
 
-func (a Allocation) Less(other Allocation) bool {
-	return a.InitialAmount < other.InitialAmount ||
-		(a.InitialAmount == other.InitialAmount && a.AVAXAddr.Less(other.AVAXAddr))
+func (a Allocation) Compare(other Allocation) int {
+	switch {
+	case a.InitialAmount < other.InitialAmount:
+		return -1
+	case a.InitialAmount > other.InitialAmount:
+		return 1
+	default:
+		return a.AVAXAddr.Compare(other.AVAXAddr)
+	}
 }
 
 type Staker struct {

genesis/config_test.go

@@ -11,56 +11,43 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/ids"
 )
 
-func TestAllocationLess(t *testing.T) {
+func TestAllocationCompare(t *testing.T) {
 	type test struct {
 		name     string
 		alloc1   Allocation
 		alloc2   Allocation
-		expected bool
+		expected int
 	}
 	tests := []test{
 		{
 			name:     "equal",
 			alloc1:   Allocation{},
 			alloc2:   Allocation{},
-			expected: false,
+			expected: 0,
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "first initial amount smaller",
+			name:   "initial amount smaller",
 			alloc1: Allocation{},
 			alloc2: Allocation{
 				InitialAmount: 1,
 			},
-			expected: true,
+			expected: -1,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "first initial amount larger",
-			alloc1: Allocation{
-				InitialAmount: 1,
-			},
-			alloc2:   Allocation{},
-			expected: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "first bytes smaller",
+			name:   "bytes smaller",
 			alloc1: Allocation{},
 			alloc2: Allocation{
 				AVAXAddr: ids.ShortID{1},
 			},
-			expected: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "first bytes larger",
-			alloc1: Allocation{
-				AVAXAddr: ids.ShortID{1},
-			},
-			alloc2:   Allocation{},
-			expected: false,
+			expected: -1,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, tt.alloc1.Less(tt.alloc2))
+			require := require.New(t)
+
+			require.Equal(tt.expected, tt.alloc1.Compare(tt.alloc2))
+			require.Equal(-tt.expected, tt.alloc2.Compare(tt.alloc1))
 		})
 	}
 }

go.mod

@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.2.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230626212559-97b1e661b5df
-	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0
-	golang.org/x/term v0.13.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e
+	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220922220347-f3bd1da661af
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.11.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/internal/retry v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.19.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210322153248-0c34fe9e7dc2/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210421170649-83a5a9bb288b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20211108221036-ceb1ce70b4fa/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 h1:wBqGXzWJW6m1XrIKlAH0Hs1JJ7+9KBwnIO8v66Q9cHc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0/go.mod h1:MVFd36DqK4CsrnJYDkBA3VC4m2GkXAM0PvzMCn4JQf4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0 h1:mMMrFzRSCF0GvB7Ne27XVtVAaXLrPmgPC7/v0tkwHaY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.16.0/go.mod h1:gCAAfMLgwOJRpTjQ2zCCt2OcSfYMTeZVSRtQlPC7Nq4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -708,8 +708,8 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20191227195350-da58074b4299/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u0
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200119233911-0405dc783f0a/go.mod h1:2RIsYlXP63K8oxa1u096TMicItID8zy7Y6sNkU49FU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200207192155-f17229e696bd/go.mod h1:J/WKrq2StrnmMY6+EHIKF9dgMWnmCNThgcyBT1FY9mM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20200224162631-6cc2880d07d6/go.mod h1:3jZMyOhIsHpP37uCMkUooju7aAi5cS1Q23tOzKc+0MU=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230626212559-97b1e661b5df h1:UA2aFVmmsIlefxMk29Dp2juaUSth8Pyn3Tq5Y5mJGME=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230626212559-97b1e661b5df/go.mod h1:FXUEEKJgO7OQYeo8N01OfiKP8RXMtf6e8aTskBGqWdc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e h1:Gvh4YaCaXNs6dKTlfgismwWZKyjVZXwOPfIyUaqU3No=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231127185646-65229373498e/go.mod h1:iRJReGqOEeBhDZGkGbynYwcHlctCvnjTYIamk7uXpHI=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190227222117-0694c2d4d067/go.mod h1:kZ7UVZpmo3dzQBMxlp+ypCbDeSB+sBbTgSJuh5dn5js=
 golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20190802002840-cff245a6509b/go.mod h1:FeLwcggjj3mMvU+oOTbSwawSJRM1uh48EjtB4UJZlP0=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.4.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0 h1:I/DsJXRlw/8l/0c24sM9yb0T4z9liZTduXvdAWYiysY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0 h1:dGoOF9QVLYng8IHTm7BAyWqCqSheQ5pYWGhzW00YJr0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180719180050-a680a1efc54d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180724234803-3673e40ba225/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20180826012351-8a410e7b638d/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211008194852-3b03d305991f/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qx
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220607020251-c690dde0001d/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
-golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 h1:zTwKpTd2XuCqf8huc7Fo2iSy+4RHPd10s4KzeTnVr1c=
+golang.org/x/net v0.19.0/go.mod h1:CfAk/cbD4CthTvqiEl8NpboMuiuOYsAr/7NOjZJtv1U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -807,8 +807,8 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201207232520-09787c993a3a/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0 h1:zxkM55ReGkDlKSM+Fu41A+zmbZuaPVbGMzvvdUPznYQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 h1:60k92dhOjHxJkrqnwsfl8KuaHbn/5dl0lUPUklKo3qE=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
@@ -878,12 +878,12 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220908164124-27713097b956/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0 h1:Vz7Qs629MkJkGyHxUlRHizWJRG2j8fbQKjELVSNhy7Q=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0 h1:bb+I9cTfFazGW51MZqBVmZy7+JEJMouUHTUSKVQLBek=
-golang.org/x/term v0.13.0/go.mod h1:LTmsnFJwVN6bCy1rVCoS+qHT1HhALEFxKncY3WNNh4U=
+golang.org/x/term v0.15.0 h1:y/Oo/a/q3IXu26lQgl04j/gjuBDOBlx7X6Om1j2CPW4=
+golang.org/x/term v0.15.0/go.mod h1:BDl952bC7+uMoWR75FIrCDx79TPU9oHkTZ9yRbYOrX0=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.5/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.8/go.mod h1:E6s5w1FMmriuDzIBO73fBruAKo1PCIq6d2Q6DHfQ8WQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 h1:ablQoSUd0tRdKxZewP80B+BaqeKJuVhuRxj/dkrun3k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
@@ -958,8 +958,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210108195828-e2f9c7f1fc8e/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4f
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0/go.mod h1:xkSsbof2nBLbhDlRMhhhyNLN/zl3eTqcnHD5viDpcZ0=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.3/go.mod h1:o0xws9oXOQQZyjljx8fwUC0k7L1pTE6eaCbjGeHmOkk=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0 h1:jvNa2pY0M4r62jkRQ6RwEZZyPcymeL9XZMLBbV7U2nc=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.14.0/go.mod h1:uYBEerGOWcJyEORxN+Ek8+TT266gXkNlHdJBwexUsBg=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0 h1:GO788SKMRunPIBCXiQyo2AaexLstOrVhuAL5YwsckQM=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.16.0/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=

ids/id.go

@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ func (id ID) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(id.String()), nil
 }
 
-func (id ID) Less(other ID) bool {
-	return bytes.Compare(id[:], other[:]) < 0
+func (id ID) Compare(other ID) int {
+	return bytes.Compare(id[:], other[:])
 }

ids/id_test.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package ids
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -200,26 +201,39 @@ func TestIDMapMarshalling(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(originalMap, unmarshalledMap)
 }
 
-func TestIDLess(t *testing.T) {
-	require := require.New(t)
+func TestIDCompare(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		a        ID
+		b        ID
+		expected int
+	}{
+		{
+			a:        ID{},
+			b:        ID{},
+			expected: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			a:        ID{1},
+			b:        ID{0},
+			expected: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			a:        ID{1},
+			b:        ID{1},
+			expected: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			a:        ID{1, 0},
+			b:        ID{1, 2},
+			expected: -1,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s_%d", test.a, test.b, test.expected), func(t *testing.T) {
+			require := require.New(t)
 
-	id1 := ID{}
-	id2 := ID{}
-	require.False(id1.Less(id2))
-	require.False(id2.Less(id1))
-
-	id1 = ID{1}
-	id2 = ID{0}
-	require.False(id1.Less(id2))
-	require.True(id2.Less(id1))
-
-	id1 = ID{1}
-	id2 = ID{1}
-	require.False(id1.Less(id2))
-	require.False(id2.Less(id1))
-
-	id1 = ID{1, 0}
-	id2 = ID{1, 2}
-	require.True(id1.Less(id2))
-	require.False(id2.Less(id1))
+			require.Equal(test.expected, test.a.Compare(test.b))
+			require.Equal(-test.expected, test.b.Compare(test.a))
+		})
+	}
 }

ids/node_id.go

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func (id *NodeID) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 	return id.UnmarshalJSON(text)
 }
 
-func (id NodeID) Less(other NodeID) bool {
-	return bytes.Compare(id[:], other[:]) == -1
+func (id NodeID) Compare(other NodeID) int {
+	return bytes.Compare(id[:], other[:])
 }
 
 // ToNodeID attempt to convert a byte slice into a node id