[Python-ideas] Sort statement

In the spirit of going in the reverse direction of turning print into a function, what does python-ideas think of the sort statement? numlist = [2,5,4] sort numlist sort numlist asc # borrowed from SQL ORDER BY statement sort numlist desc sort by employee.last_name for employee in employee_list # this uses key sorting The main advantage is that it is impossible to make this mistake: x = y.sort() when you really mean x = sorted(y) Cheers, David