copysort patch, was RE: [Python-Dev] inline sort option
Raymond Hettinger
python at rcn.com
Tue Oct 28 05:29:21 EST 2003
Okay, this is the last chance to come-up with a name other than
sorted().
Here are some alternatives:
inlinesort() # immediately clear how it is different from sort()
sortedcopy() # clear that it makes a copy and does a sort
newsorted() # appropriate for a class method constructor
I especially like the last one and all of them provide a distinction
from list.sort().
Raymond Hettinger
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