Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Issues:
1. In Py3.0, the cmp argument has been dropped completely. It has been supplanted by the key function. 2. Previous feature requests for cmp/key/reverse have been rejected. The problem is that in a series of searches or insertions the key function should not be called more than once (as it is with sort), but the bisect functions potentially call it many times will the same argument. The granularity is wrong. Adding the cmp/key/reverse arguments tends to discourage correct design with a separate key table and a set of indexes. 3. Guido has articulated as design principle that prefer separate functions to having a flag, so the separate handedness functions should not be combined. Also, the current design reflects typical use cases where an app decides on a handedness and never changes that decision. It would be a waste to repeated pass in a handedness argument that never changes. Marking this as rejected so that you don't lose more time writing C versions and whatnot. ---------- resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3374> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
