Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Thu Feb 14 14:32:18 2008
New Revision: 60802
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
Log:
Documentation nit.
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst Thu Feb 14 14:32:18 2008
@@ -1326,13 +1326,13 @@
*reverse* is a boolean value. If set to ``True``, then the list elements
are
sorted as if each comparison were reversed.
- Starting with Python 2.3, the :meth:`sort` method is guaranteed to be
stable. A
+ The :meth:`sort` method is guaranteed to be stable. A
sort is stable if it guarantees not to change the relative order of elements
that compare equal --- this is helpful for sorting in multiple passes (for
example, sort by department, then by salary grade).
While a list is being sorted, the effect of attempting to mutate, or even
- inspect, the list is undefined. The C implementation of Python 2.3 and
newer
+ inspect, the list is undefined. The C implementation
makes the list appear empty for the duration, and raises :exc:`ValueError`
if it
can detect that the list has been mutated during a sort.
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