[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Python bltinmodule.c, 2.304, 2.305 (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Thu Dec 18 08:42:25 EST 2003

Neal Norwitz <neal at metaslash.com> writes:

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:43:35PM -0800, rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net wrote:

Guido grants a Christmas wish: sorted() becomes a regular function instead of a classmethod. Would sort() be a better name?

No ().

When I told someone who's done quite a bit of java recently about sorted, he asked if it returned a bool whether the list was sorted or not. :-)

In Python, that would be issorted (please ignore callable ). I'd expect sort() to mutate its argument.

Cheers, mwh

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