[Python-ideas] __sort__ special member

[Nick Coghlan]

Because the decision of how sorting should occur is up to the consumer, not
the provider. sorted() has the contract to produce a list, using an
algorithm that makes a lot of guarantees about the results. If objects are
allowed to override sorting completely, then those guarantees are no longer
possible.

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