sclass Best<A> is IBest<A> {
  A best;
  double score;
  bool verboseNewBest, replaceIfSameScore;
  settable bool lowerIsBetter;
  
  transient O onChange;
  transient O stringifier; // func(A) -> S
  
  synchronized bool isNewBest(double score) {
    ret best == null || !isNaN(score)
      && (replaceIfSameScore
        ? compareScores(score, this.score) >= 0
        : compareScores(score, this.score) > 0);
  }
  
  double worstScore() {
    ret lowerIsBetter ? infinity() : minusInfinity();
  }
  
  int compareScores(double a, double b) {
    ret lowerIsBetter ? -cmp(a, b) : cmp(a, b);
  }
  
  synchronized double bestScore() {
    ret best == null ? worstScore() : score;
  }
  
  double score() { ret bestScore(); }
  double getScore() { ret bestScore(); }
  
  synchronized float floatScoreOr(float defaultValue) {
    ret best == null ? defaultValue : (float) score;
  }
  
  bool put(Scored<? extends A> s) {
    ret s != null && put(s!, s.score());
  }
  
  bool put(Pair<? extends A, Double> p) {
    ret p != null && put(p.a, p.b);
  }
  
  bool put(Best<? extends A> b) {
    ret b != null && put(b!, b.score);
  }
  
  public bool put(A a, double score) {
    ping();
    bool change = false;
    if (a != null) synchronized(this) {
      if (isNewBest(score)) {
        best = a;
        this.score = score;
        change = true;
      }
    }
    if (change) {
      if (verboseNewBest) print("New best! " + this);
      pcallF(onChange);
    }
    ret change;
  }
  
  synchronized A get() { ret best; }
  synchronized bool has() { ret best != null; }
  
  synchronized Pair<A, Double> pair() { ret main pair(best, bestScore()); }
  synchronized Scored<A> scored() { ret best == null ?: new Scored<A>(best, bestScore()); }
  
  synchronized A getIfScoreAbove(double x) { ret compareScores(score(), x) >= 0 ? best : null; }
  
  toString {
    ret "Score " + formatDouble_significant2(score, 4) + ": " + callStringifier(stringifier, best);
  }
  
  bool putAndPrintIfNewBest(A a, double score) {
    if (!put(a, score)) false;
    ret true with print(this);
  }
  
  synchronized void clear() { best = null; score = 0; }
}