leftLen, rightLen := mid-a, b-mid
		balanceThreshold := length / 8
		if leftLen < rightLen {
			wasBalanced = leftLen >= balanceThreshold
			pdqsort_func(data, a, mid, limit)
			a = mid + 1
		} else {
			wasBalanced = rightLen >= balanceThreshold
			pdqsort_func(data, mid+1, b, limit)
			b = mid
		}
	}
}

// partition_func does one quicksort partition.
// Let p = data[pivot]

// ergonomic and runs faster.
func Slice(x any, less func(i, j int) bool) {
	rv := reflectlite.ValueOf(x)
	swap := reflectlite.Swapper(x)
	length := rv.Len()
	limit := bits.Len(uint(length))
	pdqsort_func(lessSwap{less, swap}, 0, length, limit)
}

// SliceStable sorts the slice x using the provided less
// function, keeping equal elements in their original order.
// It panics if x is not a slice.
//