sorting dictionary keys?

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Sat Nov 29 20:54:31 EST 2003


Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> 
> Serge Orlov wrote:
> >><rant>
> >>Which is one of the main PITA in Python IMHO :(
> >>(not the fact that it sort in place, the fact that it does not return self).
> >></rant>
> >
> >
> > <hint>
> > def sort(lst):
> >     lst.sort()
> >     return lst
> > </hint>
> 
> Which is pretty ugly and adds a useless function call.
> 
> I just can't understand *why* the BDFL made this choice.

What part of the many past repetitions of the reason didn't 
you understand?

-Peter




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