Raymond Hettinger <rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
One other thought: When memory is tight, the programmer needs to be able to select the heap algorithm in favor of sorted() even for relatively large values of n. I do not want an automatic switchover point that takes away a programmer's choice between speed and space efficiency. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6614> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com