Python 1.5.2 list sorting bug

Fri Oct 29 18:31:59 EDT 1999

Dave Cole <djc at itga.com.au> writes:
> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Evans <tre17 at student.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:
>> Tim> that's an unnecessary lamdba there.
> Tim> a.sort(lambda x,y: cmp(x,y))
> Tim> is the same as:
> Tim> a.sort(cmp)
> Tim> but, then that's the same as:
> Tim> a.sort()
>> I agree, I was trying to show that the sort with lambda comparison
> function did work. The original article said that it didn't word.
>> - Dave

Oops, guess I should have read the rest of the thread before making a
fool of myself.
--
Tim Evans