Jonathan Fine writes: > tmp = list(sorted(d.items()))
The list() call is redundant. sorted() always returns a new list. Ditto, reversed(). The method versions are in-place. Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MAEANDJNBKNCRP5ULL67UX22KK4ZFSPP/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/