[Patches] [ python-Patches-825814 ] Add list.copysort()

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Patches item #825814, was opened at 2003-10-17 19:34
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Add list.copysort()

Initial Comment:
As discussed on py-dev, this returns a sorted copy of a
list while leaving the original intact.

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-10-18 01:26

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Revised the patch to avoid an unnecessary copy whenever the
underlying object is not referenced anywhere else -- this
occurs in the common use case:  for elem in
d.keys().copysort(): . . .


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