Python 1.5.2 list sorting bug

[Brian Kelley]

Could someone help me verify this?  I ran into this bug on SGI Python
1.5.2, Solaris Python 1.5.2 and linux Python 1.5.2 but not on Python
1.5.1 on the same platforms...  The problem seems to be that sorting a
list using a lambda function is broken.  If code snippet doesn't raise
an AssertionError all is well.

class foo:
    def __init__(self, size):
        self.data = range(size)

unsorted = [ foo(47), foo(47), foo(57), foo(49), foo(40), foo(54) ]

sorted = unsorted[:]
sorted.sort(lambda x,y: len(x.data) > len(y.data))

print "sorted?"
old_mol = sorted[0]
for mol in sorted[1:]:
    print len(mol.data)
    assert len(mol.data) >= len(old_mol.data), "List not sorted
correctly"
    old_mol = mol





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