Edward Loper wrote: > It might be useful in some cases to have a keyword argument to > sort/sorted that says to ignore exceptions arising from comparing > elements, and leaves the ordering of non-comparable values undefined.
Why? Far better to use a key (or cmp if you really want) that imposes a total (or at least consistent) ordering. Otherwise sorting is random. Tim Delaney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
