[Python-ideas] __sort__ special member

[Raymond Hettinger]

On Jul 20, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> 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.

Well said.


Raymond

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