Is there any reasonable scenario for consisting of iomparer <T>?

Question

I have never written stateful IComparer<T>with a standard constructor. All the standard library implementations that I tested in Reflector are stateless as well. Therefore, I would like to suggest that I can cache freely IComparer<T>as follows:

PriorityQueue<TPriority, TComparer> where TComparer : IComparer<TPriority>, new()
{
    private static TComparer _comparer = new TComparer();

    public PriorityQueue() {...}
    ...
}

instead

PriorityQueue<TPriority>
{
    private IComparer<TPriority> _comparer;

    public PriorityQueue(IComparer<TPriority> comparer) { 
        _comparer = comparer;
        ...
    }

    ...
}

So, the question is: have you ever written / seen IComparer<T>for which it would break? If so, how common is this?

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Answer 1

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PriorityQueue<TPriority>
{
    private IComparer<TPriority> _comparer;

    public PriorityQueue(IComparer<TPriority> comparer) { 
        _comparer = comparer;
        ...
    }

    public PriorityQueue() : this(Comparer<T>.Default) {}
}

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public static class ProjectionComparer<TSource>
{
    public static IComparer<TSource> CompareBy<TValue>(
        Func<TSource, TValue> selector)
    {
        return CompareBy<TValue>(selector, Comparer<TValue>.Default);
    }
    public static IComparer<TSource> CompareBy<TValue>(
        Func<TSource, TValue> selector,
        IComparer<TValue> comparer)
    {
        return new ProjectionComparerItem<TValue>(
            selector, Comparer<TValue>.Default);
    }
    class ProjectionComparerItem<TValue> : IComparer<TSource>
    {
        private readonly IComparer<TValue> comparer;
        private readonly Func<TSource, TValue> selector;
        public ProjectionComparerItem(
            Func<TSource, TValue> selector,
            IComparer<TValue> comparer)
        {
            this.selector = selector;
            this.comparer = comparer;
        }
        public int Compare(TSource x, TSource y)
        {
            // TODO: some null stuff...
            return comparer.Compare(selector(x), selector(y));
        }
    }
}

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IComparer<Customer> comparer = ProjectionComparer<Customer>
          .CompareBy(cust => cust.Name);

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Answer 3

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private class PriorityQueueImpl<TPriority, TComparer> where TComparer : IComparer<TPriority> {
    // all methods accept a TComparer
    // generic in TComparer to avoid boxing for struct TComparers and permit inlining for sealed TComparers
}

public struct PriorityQueue<TPriority, TComparer> where TComparer : IComparer<TPriority> {
    private readonly PriorityQueueImpl<TPriority, TComparer> _impl;
    private readonly TComparer _comparer;

    // methods delegate to _impl
}

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