I often want to sort objects by an attribute. It's cumbersome to do this:<div><br></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; sorted(entries, key=lambda entry: entry.datetime_created)</div><div><br></div><div>Why not allow this instead:</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; sorted(entries, key='datetime_created')<br></div><div><br></div><div>The `sorted` function can check whether the `key` argument is a string, and if so do an attribute lookup.</div><div><br></div><div>Since I see no other possible use of a string input to `key`, I don't see how this feature would harm anyone.</div><div><br></div><div>What do you think?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Ram.</div>