this customize sort did not work ,what's wrong?

[Duncan Booth]

thinke365 <thinke365 at gmail.com> wrote:

> jesus, now i fixed it, using odd lambda sort.
> l.sort(lambda x,y: cmp(len(x), len(y)))
> print l
> 
> BUT I AM STILL CONFUSED WHY COSTOMIZED SORT FAILED TO SORT AS IT IS 
> PROGRAMMER!

Try reading the documentation:

>>> help(list.sort)
Help on method_descriptor:

sort(...)
    L.sort(cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) -- stable sort *IN PLACE*;
    cmp(x, y) -> -1, 0, 1

Your comparison function returned True or False, not -1, 0, +1