about sort and dictionary

[Fredrik Lundh]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:

> so what would an entry-level Python programmer expect from this
> piece of code?
> 
> for item in a.reverse():
> print item
> for item in a.reverse():
> print item
> 
> I would expect it to first print a in reverse then a as it was.
> 
> a=[1,2,3]
> 
> I expect it to print
> 
> 3
> 2
> 1
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 
really?  wouldn't

    3
    2
    1
    3
    2
    1

make a lot more sense ?

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