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copysort patch, was RE: [Python-Dev] inline sort option

copysort patch, was RE: [Python-Dev] inline sort option copysort patch, was RE: [Python-Dev] inline sort optionRaymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Fri Oct 17 21:25:50 EDT 2003
[GvR]
> > > like type checkers (and IMO are also easily overseen by human 
> > > readers).  And, it's easier to write l.sorted() rather than 
> > > l.sort(inline=True). 
 
[Aahz] 
> > Let's make explicit: l.copysort() 
> > 
> > I'm not a big fan of grammatical suffixes for 
> distinguishing between 
> > similar meanings. 
> 
> +1

[Facundo] 
> +2, considering that the difference in behaviour with sort and 
> sorted it's no so clear to a non-english speaker. 


FWIW, I've posted a patch to implement list.copysort() that
includes a news announcement, docs, and unittests:

    www.python.org/sf/825814


Raymond Hettinger  


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