2009/4/30 Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> > container[:] = sorted(container, key=getkey) >> >> .... is equivalent to: >> >> container.sort(key=getkey) >> >> > Equivalent, and in fact better since the sorting is done in-place instead > of creating a new list, then overwriting the old one.
Not when, as pointed out by uuid, container is not list-like (at least as far as the sort() method goes). :) Paddy -- "Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say YES!"
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