[Python-ideas] Make max() stable

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On Fri, Jan 17, 2014, at 11:15, Chris Angelico wrote:
> By that definition, a stable sort means that:
> 
> lst = sorted((x,y))
> assert lst == [min(lst), max(lst)]
> 
> will pass for any x and y.

What definition of stable is this?
Why not assert lst == [min(lst), max(lst[::-1])]?