Improve readability in a few sorts

src/librustc_driver/lib.rs

@@ -1229,10 +1229,7 @@ Available lint options:
     fn sort_lint_groups(lints: Vec<(&'static str, Vec<lint::LintId>, bool)>)
                         -> Vec<(&'static str, Vec<lint::LintId>)> {
         let mut lints: Vec<_> = lints.into_iter().map(|(x, y, _)| (x, y)).collect();
-        lints.sort_by(|&(x, _): &(&'static str, Vec<lint::LintId>),
+        lints.sort_by_key(|ref l| l.0);
-                       &(y, _): &(&'static str, Vec<lint::LintId>)| {
-            x.cmp(y)
-        });
         lints
     }
 

src/librustc_driver/profile/trace.rs

@@ -202,14 +202,13 @@ fn compute_counts_rec(counts: &mut HashMap<String,QueryMetric>, traces: &Vec<Rec
 
 pub fn write_counts(count_file: &mut File, counts: &mut HashMap<String,QueryMetric>) {
     use rustc::util::common::duration_to_secs_str;
-    use std::cmp::Ordering;
+    use std::cmp::Reverse;
 
     let mut data = vec![];
     for (ref cons, ref qm) in counts.iter() {
         data.push((cons.clone(), qm.count.clone(), qm.dur_total.clone(), qm.dur_self.clone()));
     };
-    data.sort_by(|&(_,_,_,self1),&(_,_,_,self2)|
+    data.sort_by_key(|&k| Reverse(k.3));
-                 if self1 > self2 { Ordering::Less } else { Ordering::Greater } );
     for (cons, count, dur_total, dur_self) in data {
         write!(count_file, "{}, {}, {}, {}\n",
                cons, count,

src/librustc_errors/emitter.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::io;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::cmp::min;
+use std::cmp::{min, Reverse};
 use termcolor::{StandardStream, ColorChoice, ColorSpec, BufferWriter};
 use termcolor::{WriteColor, Color, Buffer};
 use unicode_width;
@@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ impl EmitterWriter {
         }
 
         // Find overlapping multiline annotations, put them at different depths
-        multiline_annotations.sort_by(|a, b| {
+        multiline_annotations.sort_by_key(|&(_, ref ml)| (ml.line_start, ml.line_end));
-            (a.1.line_start, a.1.line_end).cmp(&(b.1.line_start, b.1.line_end))
-        });
         for item in multiline_annotations.clone() {
             let ann = item.1;
             for item in multiline_annotations.iter_mut() {
@@ -403,7 +401,7 @@ impl EmitterWriter {
         // otherwise the lines would end up needing to go over a message.
 
         let mut annotations = line.annotations.clone();
-        annotations.sort_by(|a,b| b.start_col.cmp(&a.start_col));
+        annotations.sort_by_key(|a| Reverse(a.start_col));
 
         // First, figure out where each label will be positioned.
         //

src/librustc_mir/monomorphize/mod.rs

@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ pub fn assert_symbols_are_distinct<'a, 'tcx, I>(tcx: TyCtxt<'a, 'tcx, 'tcx>, mon
         (mono_item, mono_item.symbol_name(tcx))
     }).collect();
 
-    (&mut symbols[..]).sort_by(|&(_, ref sym1), &(_, ref sym2)|{
+    (&mut symbols[..]).sort_by_key(|&sym| sym.1);
-        sym1.cmp(sym2)
-    });
 
     for pair in (&symbols[..]).windows(2) {
         let sym1 = &pair[0].1;

src/librustc_mir/util/patch.rs

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl<'tcx> MirPatch<'tcx> {
         }
 
         let mut new_statements = self.new_statements;
-        new_statements.sort_by(|u,v| u.0.cmp(&v.0));
+        new_statements.sort_by_key(|s| s.0);
 
         let mut delta = 0;
         let mut last_bb = START_BLOCK;

src/librustc_typeck/collect.rs

@@ -1746,7 +1746,7 @@ pub fn compute_bounds<'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx>(astconv: &dyn AstConv<'gcx, 'tcx>,
         astconv.ast_region_to_region(r, None)
     }).collect();
 
-    trait_bounds.sort_by(|a,b| a.def_id().cmp(&b.def_id()));
+    trait_bounds.sort_by_key(|t| t.def_id());
 
     let implicitly_sized = if let SizedByDefault::Yes = sized_by_default {
         !is_unsized(astconv, ast_bounds, span)