"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to ask why the designer of Python do so?
I'm not a Python core developer nor a designer but I've always known that sort() is a in-place sort and since the list is a mutable object it mutates the list sending the "sort()" message. If you want to get back a sorted iterable use... sorted :) L = [3, 1, 2] ls = sorted(L) now ls is your list, sorted. -- Lawrence - http://www.oluyede.org/blog "Nothing is more dangerous than an idea if it's the only one you have" - E. A. Chartier -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
