From 6015a4817805350d0aed3e83c81a211cf981eadc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trappist the monk <Trappist_the_monk@en.wikipedia.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 04:29:00 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] unused functions accept_value() and comp_val(), sort expanded
 args

---
 module_citeq.lua | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/module_citeq.lua b/module_citeq.lua
index 3d8f765..4d1a58e 100644
--- a/module_citeq.lua
+++ b/module_citeq.lua
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ local function is_set( var )
 end
 
 --[[--------------------------< I N _ A R R A Y >--------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Whether needle is in haystack (taken from Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities)
+
 ]]
+
 local function in_array( needle, haystack )
 	if needle == nil then
 		return false
@@ -60,37 +63,19 @@ local function in_array( needle, haystack )
 	return false
 end
 
+
 --[[--------------------------< T A B L E S E T _ A D D >------------------------------------------------------
+
 Add needle to the haystack if it's not already there.
+
 ]]
+
 local function tableset_add(haystack, needle)
 	if needle == nil or in_array(needle, haystack) then return false end
 	table.insert(haystack, needle)
 	return true
 end
 
---[[--------------------------< A C C E P T _ V A L U E >-------------------------------------------------------
-Accept WD value by framing in ((...)) if param_val is equal to keyword; else pass-through WD value as is.
-]]
-local function accept_value( param_val, wd_val )
-	local val = param_val
-
-	if val then
-		if in_array (val, {'accept', '))((', ':d:'}) then
-			val = '((' .. wd_val .. '))'
-		elseif '((accept))' == val then
-			val = 'accept'
-		elseif '(())(())' == val then
-			val = '))(('
-		elseif '((:d:))' == val then
-			val = ':d:'
-		else
-			val = wd_val
-		end
-	end
-
-	return val
-end
 
 -- Split string of comma-separated first names into a table of initials
 -- 2026-10-10: corrected for UTF-8 by [[User:Pengo]].
@@ -540,30 +525,36 @@ local function getIdentifierAccess(qid, args, identifier)
 	return nil
 end
 
--- sort sequence table whose values are key-value pairs by key
-local function comp_key(a, b)
-	local param_a, enum_a = a[1]:match ('(%D+)(%d+)$');							-- get param name and enumerator from <a>
-	local param_b, enum_b = b[1]:match ('(%D+)(%d+)$');							-- get param name and enumerator from <b>
 
-	if enum_a and enum_b then													-- if both parameters have neumerators
+--[[--------------------------< P A R A M E T E R _ N A M E _ C O M P A R E >----------------------------------
+
+function to sort a sequence table whose values are {<parameter>, <value>} sequences by the <parameter> name; used
+when rendering an expanded cs1|2 template (|expand= has any value)
+
+]]
+
+local function parameter_name_compare (a, b)
+	local param_a, enum_a = a[1]:match ('(%D+)(%d+)$');							-- get parameter name and enumerator from <a>
+	local param_b, enum_b = b[1]:match ('(%D+)(%d+)$');							-- get parameter name and enumerator from <b>
+
+	if enum_a and enum_b then													-- if both parameters have enumerators
 		if param_a == param_b then												-- are parameter names the same?
 			return tonumber (enum_a) < tonumber (enum_b);						-- yes: compare enumerators
 		end
 	end
 
-	return a[1] < b[1];															-- alpha sort if here
+	return a[1] < b[1];															-- alpha sort by parameter name if here
 end
 
--- sort sequence table whose values are key-value pairs by value
-local function comp_val(a, b)
-	return a[2] < b[2]
-end
 
---[[-------------------------< C I T E _ Q >------------------------------------------------------------------
-Takes standard CS1|2 template parameters and passes all to {{citation}}.  If neither of |author= and |author1=
-are set, calls get_authors() to try to get an author name-list from Wikidata.  The result is passed to
-{{citation}} for rendering.
---]]
+--[[--------------------------< C I T E _ Q >------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Takes standard CS1|2 template parameters and passes all to an appropriate cs1|2 template.  If neither of |author=
+and |author1= are set, calls get_authors() to try to get an author name-list from Wikidata.  The result is passed
+to Module:Citation/CS1 for rendering.
+
+]]
+
 local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 	local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
 
@@ -1041,7 +1032,7 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 		for param, val in pairs (citeq_args) do
 			table.insert(sorttable, {param, val})
 		end
-		table.sort(sorttable, comp_key)
+		table.sort(sorttable, parameter_name_compare)							-- sort parameter names by alpha or enumerator
 		-- add contents to expand_args
 		for idx, val in ipairs(sorttable) do
 			table.insert(expand_args, val[1] .. '=' .. val[2])