public void MultipleSortingAndFiltering()
    {
        var expectedTotal = 20;
        var rnd = new Random(214748364);

        var titles1 = Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).Select(x => ((char)('a' + x)).ToString()).ToList();
        var dates1 = Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).Select(x => Now + TimeSpan.FromMinutes(x)).ToList();

        var idstack1 = new Stack<int>(Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).OrderBy(rnd.Next));
        var datestack1 = new Stack<DateTimeOffset>(dates1);
        var titlestack1 = new Stack<string>(titles1.OrderBy(_ => rnd.Next()));

        var titles2 = Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).Select(x => ((char)('c' + x)).ToString()).ToList();
        var dates2 = Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).Select(x => Now + TimeSpan.FromMinutes(x)).ToList();
        var dates2mixed = new List<DateTimeOffset>() {
                dates2[2],  dates2[0],  dates2[1],  dates2[3],  dates2[5],
                dates2[9],  dates2[15], dates2[6],  dates2[7],  dates2[8],
                dates2[13], dates2[10], dates2[16], dates2[11], dates2[12],
                dates2[14], dates2[17], dates2[18], dates2[19], dates2[4],
        };
        var idstack2 = new Stack<int>(Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).OrderBy(rnd.Next));
        var datestack2 = new Stack<DateTimeOffset>(dates2mixed);
        var titlestack2 = new Stack<string>(titles2.OrderBy(_ => rnd.Next()));

        var datestack3 = new Stack<DateTimeOffset>();
        for (int i = 0; i < datestack1.Count; i++)
            datestack3.Push(new DateTimeOffset(Math.Max(dates1[i].Ticks, dates2mixed[i].Ticks), TimeSpan.Zero));

        var list1 = Observable.Defer(() => Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal)
            .OrderBy(rnd.Next)
            .Select(x => new Thing(idstack1.Pop(), titlestack1.Pop(), datestack1.Pop()))
            .ToObservable())
            .Replay()
            .RefCount();

        var list2 = Observable.Defer(() => Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal)
            .OrderBy(rnd.Next)
            .Select(x => new Thing(idstack2.Pop(), titlestack2.Pop(), datestack2.Pop()))
            .ToObservable())
            .Replay()
            .RefCount();

        ITrackingCollection<Thing> col = new TrackingCollection<Thing>(
            list1.Concat(list2),
            OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare,
            (item, idx, list) => idx < 5
        );
        col.NewerComparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.UpdatedAt).Compare;
        col.ProcessingDelay = TimeSpan.Zero;

        var evt = new ManualResetEvent(false);
        col.OriginalCompleted.Subscribe(_ => evt.Set());
        col.Subscribe();
        //col.Subscribe(t =>
        //{
        //    if (++count == expectedTotal * 2)
        //        evt.Set();
        //}, () => { });

        evt.WaitOne();
        evt.Reset();

        // it's initially sorted by date, so id list should not match
        CollectionAssert.AreNotEqual(list1.Select(x => x.Number).ToEnumerable(), list2.Select(x => x.Number).ToEnumerable());

        var sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Number).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Number).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.Title).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.Title).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Title).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Title).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Dispose();
    }
    public async Task MultipleSortingAndFiltering()
    {
        var expectedTotal = 20;
        var rnd = new Random(214748364);

        var updatedAtMinutesStack = new Stack<int>(Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal).OrderBy(rnd.Next));

        var list1 = Observable.Defer(() => Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal)
            .OrderBy(rnd.Next)
            .Select(x => GetThing(x, x, x, ((char)('a' + x)).ToString()))
            .ToObservable())
            .Replay()
            .RefCount();

        var list2 = Observable.Defer(() => Enumerable.Range(1, expectedTotal)
            .OrderBy(rnd.Next)
            .Select(x => GetThing(x, x, updatedAtMinutesStack.Pop(), ((char)('c' + x)).ToString()))
            .ToObservable())
            .Replay()
            .RefCount();

        ITrackingCollection<Thing> col = new TrackingCollection<Thing>(
            list1.Concat(list2),
            OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.UpdatedAt).Compare,
            (item, idx, list) => idx < 5
        );
        col.NewerComparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.UpdatedAt).Compare;
        col.Subscribe();

        await col.OriginalCompleted;

        // it's initially sorted by date, so id list should not match
        CollectionAssert.AreNotEqual(list1.Select(x => x.Number).ToEnumerable(), list2.Select(x => x.Number).ToEnumerable());

        var sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>
            .OrderByDescending(x => x.UpdatedAt)
            .ThenByDescending(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Number).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Number).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.UpdatedAt).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>
            .OrderBy(x => x.UpdatedAt)
            .ThenBy(x => x.CreatedAt).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.Title).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderByDescending(x => x.Title).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Comparer = OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Title).Compare;
        sortlist = col.ToArray();
        Array.Sort(sortlist, new LambdaComparer<Thing>(OrderedComparer<Thing>.OrderBy(x => x.Title).Compare));
        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(sortlist.Take(5), col);

        col.Dispose();
    }