Mike Klaas wrote:
> On 18-Jan-08, at 1:37 PM, Lars Immisch wrote:
>>
>> I like cmp, too. I've looked through my code, and I've only used it in
>> script-ish circumstances, but here is an example that sorts a list of
>> files by modification date:
>>
>> def cmp_mtime(f, g):
>> """Too much for a
David A. Wheeler wrote:
> Bill Janssen:
>> I'm a bit baffled here; I find cmp() fairly handy in writing sort routines...
>> Is there a better / newer / official way of doing this? If not, isn't
>> "cmp()" still useful to have around?
>
> I agree with you - I find cmp() useful, and I notice that so
On 18-Jan-08, at 1:37 PM, Lars Immisch wrote:
>
> I like cmp, too. I've looked through my code, and I've only used it in
> script-ish circumstances, but here is an example that sorts a list of
> files by modification date:
>
> def cmp_mtime(f, g):
> """Too much for a lambda for my tastes."""
>
