[issue6614] heapq.nsmallest and nlargest should be smarter/more usable/more consistent
Joshua Bronson
report at bugs.python.org
Fri Jul 31 21:36:04 CEST 2009
Joshua Bronson <jabronson at gmail.com> added the comment:
One more thing:
> I prefer the docs the way they are. They help the reader understand
> the relationship between min, max, nsmallest, nlargest, and sorted.
The docs still use the unspecific language "for smaller values of n" and
"for larger values". I think careful readers would appreciate an addition
along the lines of what you wrote earlier -- the optimal switchover point
depends on the cost of the comparison function, the ordering of the input
data, etc.
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