[Python-Dev] decorate-sort-undecorate
Raymond Hettinger
python at rcn.com
Tue Oct 14 05:00:34 EDT 2003
I've got a first draft patch (sans docs and tests) loaded at:
www.python.org/sf/823292
The argument keywords are: cmpfunc, key, reverse
The patch passes regression tests and a minimal set of basic
functionality tests which need to be expanded considerably. I'll need
to go back over this one in more detail to check:
* Whether the code was inserted in the right place with respect to the
existing anti-mutation code.
* Is the strategy of decorating in-place too aggressive? Decoration
consists of *replacing* each value x with (x, key(x)).
* Verify reference counting and error handling.
Raymond Hettinger
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