[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Python bltinmodule.c, 2.304, 2.305

[Michael Hudson]

Neal Norwitz <neal at metaslash.com> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 12:43:35PM -0800, rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net wrote:
>>
>> Guido grants a Christmas wish:  
>>   sorted() becomes a regular function instead of a classmethod.
>
> Would sort() be a better name?

No (<wink>).

> When I told someone who's done quite a bit of java recently about
> sorted, he asked if it returned a bool whether the list was sorted
> or not. :-)

In Python, that would be issorted (please ignore callable <wink>).
I'd expect sort() to mutate its argument.

Cheers,
mwh

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