Added more clarity and readability to the code around monkey-patching of TFolder.sort() method

src/main.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ const SORTINGSPEC_YAML_KEY: string = 'sorting-spec'
 
 const ERROR_NOTICE_TIMEOUT: number = 10000
 
+// the monkey-around package doesn't export the below type
+type MonkeyAroundUninstaller = () => void
+
 export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 	settings: CustomSortPluginSettings
 	statusBarItemEl: HTMLElement
@@ -229,9 +232,8 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 		// @ts-ignore
 		let tmpFolder = new TFolder(Vault, "");
 		let Folder = fileExplorer.createFolderDom(tmpFolder).constructor;
-		this.register(
+		const uninstallerOfFolderSortFunctionWrapper: MonkeyAroundUninstaller = around(Folder.prototype, {
-			// TODO: Unit tests please!!! The logic below becomes more and more complex, bugs are captured at run-time...
+			// TODO: Unit tests, the logic below becomes more and more complex, bugs are captured at run-time...
-			around(Folder.prototype, {
 			sort(old: any) {
 				return function (...args: any[]) {
 					// quick check for plugin status
@@ -259,9 +261,9 @@ export default class CustomSortPlugin extends Plugin {
 						return old.call(this, ...args);
 					}
 				};
-				},
+			}
 		})
-		);
+		this.register(uninstallerOfFolderSortFunctionWrapper)
 		leaf.detach()
 	}
 

src/types/types.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import {TFolder, WorkspaceLeaf} from "obsidian";
 
+// Needed to support monkey-patching of the folder sort() function
+
 declare module 'obsidian' {
 	export interface ViewRegistry {
 		viewByType: Record<string, (leaf: WorkspaceLeaf) => unknown>;