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------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- The Agda standard library
--
-- The core definition of a sorting algorithm
------------------------------------------------------------------------

{-# OPTIONS --cubical-compatible --safe #-}

open import Data.List.Base using (List)
open import Data.List.Relation.Binary.Permutation.Propositional
open import Level using (_⊔_)
open import Relation.Binary using (TotalOrder)

module Data.List.Sort.Base
  {a ℓ₁ ℓ₂} (totalOrder : TotalOrder a ℓ₁ ℓ₂)
  where

open TotalOrder totalOrder renaming (Carrier to A)
open import Data.List.Relation.Unary.Sorted.TotalOrder totalOrder

------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Definition of a sorting algorithm

record SortingAlgorithm : Set (a  ℓ₁  ℓ₂) where
  field
    sort   : List A  List A

    -- The output of `sort` is a permutation of the input
    sort-↭ :  xs  sort xs  xs

    -- The output of `sort` is sorted.
    sort-↗ :  xs  Sorted (sort xs)