[Tutor] Keeping change-in-place vs. copy methods straight

[Dave Angel]

Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> Wrote in message:

>>> (not a copy!) to the sorted item.
>>
>> sorted() does make a copy of the list:
> 
> Really? That's a bummer.
> I assumed (never assume!) that it returned a reference to the original.
> I really, really, hate the way Python handles this :-(
> 

It's not clear to me what you would change. Would you only provide
 methods (like sort) that mangle their object? 


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DaveA