+package IkiWiki::SortSpec;
+
+sub cmp_meta {
+ my $meta = shift;
+ error(gettext("sort=meta requires a parameter")) unless defined $meta;
+
+ if ($meta eq 'updated' || $meta eq 'date') {
+ return IkiWiki::Plugin::meta::get_sort_key($a, $meta)
+ <=>
+ IkiWiki::Plugin::meta::get_sort_key($b, $meta);
+ }
+
+ return IkiWiki::Plugin::meta::get_sort_key($a, $meta)
+ cmp
+ IkiWiki::Plugin::meta::get_sort_key($b, $meta);
+}
+
+# A prototype of how sort=title could behave in 4.0 or something
+sub cmp_meta_title {
+ $_[0] = 'title';
+ return cmp_meta(@_);
+}
+