Dustan schrieb: > I'm hiding some of the details here, because I don't want to say what > I'm actually doing.
> I have a special-purpose class with a __cmp__ method all set up and > ready to go for sorting. Then I have a special class that is based on > the builtin type list (though I didn't actually inherit list; I > probably should). When I create an instance with 2 or more items, and > attempt to sort it, I get this strange error message: > >>>> myList.sort() > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > File "[listModulePath]", line 239, in sort > self.listOfObjects.sort() > TypeError: an integer is required > > The sort method's code is exactly what you see; it's a one-line method. > > The only thing I can think of is the __cmp__ method is returning > something other than an integer, which it's not. Does stuffing the objects in a standard list and sorting them work? How does the __cmp__-method look like? Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list