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We have been using the `@llnl.util.lang.key_ordering` decorator for specs
and most of their components. This leverages the fact that in Python,
tuple comparison is lexicographic. It allows you to implement a
`_cmp_key` method on your class, and have `__eq__`, `__lt__`, etc.
implemented automatically using that key. For example, you might use
tuple keys to implement comparison, e.g.:

```python
class Widget:
    # author implements this
    def _cmp_key(self):
        return (
            self.a,
            self.b,
            (self.c, self.d),
            self.e
        )

    # operators are generated by @key_ordering
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self._cmp_key() == other._cmp_key()

    def __lt__(self):
        return self._cmp_key() < other._cmp_key()

    # etc.
```

The issue there for simple comparators is that we have to bulid the
tuples *and* we have to generate all the values in them up front. When
implementing comparisons for large data structures, this can be costly.

This PR replaces `@key_ordering` with a new decorator,
`@lazy_lexicographic_ordering`. Lazy lexicographic comparison maps the
tuple comparison shown above to generator functions. Instead of comparing
based on pre-constructed tuple keys, users of this decorator can compare
using elements from a generator. So, you'd write:

```python
@lazy_lexicographic_ordering
class Widget:
    def _cmp_iter(self):
        yield a
        yield b
        def cd_fun():
            yield c
            yield d
        yield cd_fun
        yield e

    # operators are added by decorator (but are a bit more complex)

There are no tuples that have to be pre-constructed, and the generator
does not have to complete. Instead of tuples, we simply make functions
that lazily yield what would've been in the tuple. If a yielded value is
a `callable`, the comparison functions will call it and recursively
compar it. The comparator just walks the data structure like you'd expect
it to.

The ``@lazy_lexicographic_ordering`` decorator handles the details of
implementing comparison operators, and the ``Widget`` implementor only
has to worry about writing ``_cmp_iter``, and making sure the elements in
it are also comparable.

Using this PR shaves another 1.5 sec off the runtime of `spack buildcache
list`, and it also speeds up Spec comparison by about 30%. The runtime
improvement comes mostly from *not* calling `hash()` `_cmp_iter()`.
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