Method operator()

src/validation.cpp:116–132

};

bool CBlockIndexWorkComparator::operator()(const CBlockIndex *pa, const CBlockIndex *pb) const {
    // First sort by most total work, ...
    if (pa->nChainWork > pb->nChainWork) return false;
    if (pa->nChainWork < pb->nChainWork) return true;

    // ... then by earliest time received, ...
    if (pa->nSequenceId < pb->nSequenceId) return false;
    if (pa->nSequenceId > pb->nSequenceId) return true;

    // Use pointer address as tie breaker (should only happen with blocks
    // loaded from disk, as those all have id 0).
    if (pa < pb) return false;
    if (pa > pb) return true;

    // Identical blocks.
    return false;
}

/**
 * Mutex to guard access to validation specific variables, such as reading