[Python-Dev] Keep default comparisons - or add a second set?

Josiah Carlson jcarlson at uci.edu
Tue Dec 20 05:29:13 CET 2005


Michael Urman <murman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/19/05, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> > That would be my preference. Comparison for canonical
> > ordering should be a distinct operation with its
> > own spelling.
> 
> Such as sorted(stuff, key=id)?

I believe that ideally, canonical orderings would be persistant across
sessions.

 - Josiah



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