function piledPlot(data, { diameter = 1, x = d => d } = {}) {
const circles = data
.map((d, i, data) => ({ x: +x(d, i, data), placed: false, y: 0, data: d }))
.sort((a, b) => a.x - b.x);
let time = 0;
let y = 0;
let backwards = false;
while (time < circles.length) {
let x = Infinity;
for (let i = 0; i < circles.length; i++) {
let c = circles[backwards ? circles.length - 1 - i : i];
if (c.placed) continue;
let xDiff = Math.abs(c.x - x);
if (xDiff < diameter) continue;
c.placed = true;
c.insertionTime = ++time;
c.y = y;
x = c.x;
}
y += diameter;
if (alternateDirection) backwards = !backwards;
}
return circles;
}