[Python-Dev] Sort() returning sorted list

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 01:26:17AM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>def sort(L):
>    L.sort()
>    return L

Yeah, that's not QUITE as bad as having to write my own string-handling
routines.  ;-/

So, there's really no place in Python itself for this?  Like,
list.sort_inplace() and list.sort_copy(), both of which return something
because it's obvious what they do?

Sean
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