copysort patch, was RE: [Python-Dev] inline sort option

[Guido van Rossum]

> 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().

While we're voting, I still like list.sorted() best, so please keep
that one in the list of possibilities.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)