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A concrete starting point
Compare two unsigned 32-bit serial numbers using the shorter modular difference. Test wrap neighbors and equality, reject Boolean inputs and the ambiguous half-range difference without assuming a global total order.
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32-bit serial wrap ordering
A concrete starting point
def serial_order(a, b):
if any(type(x) is not int or not 0 <= x < 2**32 for x in (a, b)):
raise ValueError("serial.value")
difference = (a-b) & 0xffffffff
if difference == 2**31:
raise ValueError("serial.ambiguous")
return 0 if difference == 0 else 1 if difference < 2**31 else -1
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