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diff --git a/lib/pure/algorithm.nim b/lib/pure/algorithm.nim
index 20976e788..08d224dfd 100644
--- a/lib/pure/algorithm.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/algorithm.nim
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 
 type
   SortOrder* = enum   ## sort order
-    Descending, Ascending 
+    Descending, Ascending
 
 {.deprecated: [TSortOrder: SortOrder].}
 
 
-proc `*`*(x: int, order: SortOrder): int {.inline.} = 
+proc `*`*(x: int, order: SortOrder): int {.inline.} =
   ## flips `x` if ``order == Descending``;
   ## if ``order == Ascending`` then `x` is returned.
-  ## `x` is supposed to be the result of a comparator, ie ``< 0`` for 
+  ## `x` is supposed to be the result of a comparator, ie ``< 0`` for
   ## *less than*, ``== 0`` for *equal*, ``> 0`` for *greater than*.
   var y = order.ord - 1
   result = (x xor y) - y
@@ -73,14 +73,15 @@ const
   onlySafeCode = true
 
 proc lowerBound*[T](a: openArray[T], key: T, cmp: proc(x,y: T): int {.closure.}): int =
-  ## same as binarySearch except that if key is not in `a` then this 
+  ## same as binarySearch except that if key is not in `a` then this
   ## returns the location where `key` would be if it were. In other
-  ## words if you have a sorted sequence and you call insert(thing, elm, lowerBound(thing, elm))
-  ## the sequence will still be sorted
+  ## words if you have a sorted sequence and you call
+  ## insert(thing, elm, lowerBound(thing, elm))
+  ## the sequence will still be sorted.
+  ##
+  ## `cmp` is the comparator function to use, the expected return values are
+  ## the same as that of system.cmp.
   ##
-  ## `cmp` is the comparator function to use, the expected return values are the same as
-  ## that of system.cmp
-  ## 
   ## example::
   ##
   ##   var arr = @[1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9]
@@ -102,9 +103,9 @@ proc lowerBound*[T](a: openArray[T], key: T, cmp: proc(x,y: T): int {.closure.})
       count = step
 
 proc lowerBound*[T](a: openArray[T], key: T): int = lowerBound(a, key, cmp[T])
-proc merge[T](a, b: var openArray[T], lo, m, hi: int, 
+proc merge[T](a, b: var openArray[T], lo, m, hi: int,
               cmp: proc (x, y: T): int {.closure.}, order: SortOrder) =
-  template `<-` (a, b: expr) = 
+  template `<-` (a, b: expr) =
     when false:
       a = b
     elif onlySafeCode:
@@ -151,10 +152,10 @@ proc merge[T](a, b: var openArray[T], lo, m, hi: int,
 proc sort*[T](a: var openArray[T],
               cmp: proc (x, y: T): int {.closure.},
               order = SortOrder.Ascending) =
-  ## Default Nim sort. The sorting is guaranteed to be stable and 
+  ## Default Nim sort. The sorting is guaranteed to be stable and
   ## the worst case is guaranteed to be O(n log n).
   ## The current implementation uses an iterative
-  ## mergesort to achieve this. It uses a temporary sequence of 
+  ## mergesort to achieve this. It uses a temporary sequence of
   ## length ``a.len div 2``. Currently Nim does not support a
   ## sensible default argument for ``cmp``, so you have to provide one
   ## of your own. However, the ``system.cmp`` procs can be used:
@@ -187,14 +188,15 @@ proc sort*[T](a: var openArray[T],
       dec(m, s*2)
     s = s*2
 
-proc sorted*[T](a: openArray[T], cmp: proc(x, y: T): int {.closure.}, order = SortOrder.Ascending): seq[T] =
+proc sorted*[T](a: openArray[T], cmp: proc(x, y: T): int {.closure.},
+                order = SortOrder.Ascending): seq[T] =
   ## returns `a` sorted by `cmp` in the specified `order`.
   result = newSeq[T](a.len)
   for i in 0 .. a.high:
     result[i] = a[i]
   sort(result, cmp, order)
 
-template sortByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
+template sortedByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
   ## Convenience template around the ``sorted`` proc to reduce typing.
   ##
   ## The template injects the ``it`` variable which you can use directly in an
@@ -202,10 +204,23 @@ template sortByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##
-  ##     var users: seq[tuple[id: int, name: string]] =
-  ##       @[(0, "Smith"), (1, "Pratt"), (2, "Sparrow")]
+  ##   type Person = tuple[name: string, age: int]
+  ##   var
+  ##     p1: Person = (name: "p1", age: 60)
+  ##     p2: Person = (name: "p2", age: 20)
+  ##     p3: Person = (name: "p3", age: 30)
+  ##     p4: Person = (name: "p4", age: 30)
+  ##
+  ##   people = @[p1,p2,p4,p3]
+  ##
+  ##   echo people.sortedByIt(it.name)
+  ##
+  ## Because the underlying ``cmp()`` is defined for tuples you can do
+  ## a nested sort like in the following example:
+  ##
+  ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##
-  ##     echo users.sortByIt(it.name)
+  ##   echo people.sortedByIt((it.age, it.name))
   ##
   var result {.gensym.} = sorted(seq1, proc(x, y: type(seq1[0])): int =
     var it {.inject.} = x