How to sort a list? NOT a newbie question.

[Greg Ewing]

Chris Barker wrote:
> 
> Python is more general purpose, so the list sort() method has to do the
> same thing as the comparison operators.

I don't think that's true. The sort() method could first look
for a __cmp__ method, and __cmp__ for complex numbers could 
impose an arbitary ordering, independently of what <, >, <=, 
>= do.

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