[Python-3000] Adding sorting to generator comprehension

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Apr 27 00:15:35 CEST 2006


Let me be the one to say no for a change.

Python 3000 will *not* add syntax to get generator expressions or list
(or set) comprehensions sorted. There is exactly one sort algorithm,
and it is list.sort(). There are exactly two sort APIs, the other
being the built-in sorted(). That's enough.

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