d3.scale.quantile = function() {
  return d3_scale_quantile([], []);
};

function d3_scale_quantile(domain, range) {
  var thresholds;

  function rescale() {
    var k = 0,
        n = domain.length,
        q = range.length;
    thresholds = [];
    while (++k < q) thresholds[k - 1] = d3.quantile(domain, k / q);
    return scale;
  }

  function scale(x) {
    if (isNaN(x = +x)) return NaN;
    return range[d3.bisect(thresholds, x)];
  }

  scale.domain = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return domain;
    domain = x.filter(function(d) { return !isNaN(d); }).sort(d3.ascending);
    return rescale();
  };

  scale.range = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return range;
    range = x;
    return rescale();
  };

  scale.quantiles = function() {
    return thresholds;
  };

  scale.copy = function() {
    return d3_scale_quantile(domain, range); // copy on write!
  };

  return rescale();
};