[Python-Dev] Re: lists v. tuples

[Christian Tismer]

Alex Martelli wrote:
...

> Sorting plays with mutability by working in-place, but for many
> uses it would be just as good if sorting returned a sorted copy
> instead -- the key thing here is the sorting, not the mutability.

And the key assumption for sorting things is that
the things are sortable, which means there
exists and order on the basic set.
Which again suggests that list elements usually
have something in common.

ciao - chris

p.s.: I'm not using a shopping tuple, since I sort
my list be the stores I have to visit. :-)
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