[Python-bugs-list] list.sort() with sort function (PR#131)

[Tim Peters]

[Sam Rushing]
> I guess what turned off my search-usenet instincts is that I *knew*
> that it used to work that way...  I even passed the example on to
> others to defend against temporary insanity.

list.sort() actually never worked that way, although before 1.5.2 it was
very likely to appear to work that way for relatively small lists.  I
shudder to imagine how many people based results on not-really-sorted large
lists after seeing this "work" on small lists in interactive mode!  I'm
delighted I broke it <wink>.

get-thee-up-and-sin-no-more-ly y'rs  - tim