Poly is a convenient shorthand for Polymorphic_compare in the common case that one
wants to use a polymorphic comparator directly in an expression, e.g. Poly.equal a
b.
ascending is identical to compare. descending x y = ascending y x. These are
intended to be mnemonic when used like List.sort ~cmp:ascending and List.sort
~cmp:descending, since they cause the list to be sorted in ascending or descending
order, respectively.