[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.5 -> default): merge

Tue Apr 26 04:11:34 EDT 2016

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ac165e566573
changeset: 101153:ac165e566573
parent: 101149:f09306f9fa6f
parent: 101152:ae1e55102449
user: Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
date: Tue Apr 26 01:11:28 2016 -0700
summary:
 merge
files:
 Doc/howto/sorting.rst | 6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
--- a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
@@ -262,7 +262,11 @@
 twice:
 
 >>> data = [('red', 1), ('blue', 1), ('red', 2), ('blue', 2)]
- >>> assert sorted(data, reverse=True) == list(reversed(sorted(reversed(data))))
+ >>> standard_way = sorted(data, key=itemgetter(0), reverse=True)
+ >>> double_reversed = list(reversed(sorted(reversed(data), key=itemgetter(0))))
+ >>> assert standard_way == double_reversed
+ >>> standard_way
+ [('red', 1), ('red', 2), ('blue', 1), ('blue', 2)]
 
 * The sort routines are guaranteed to use :meth:`__lt__` when making comparisons
 between two objects. So, it is easy to add a standard sort order to a class by
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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
