[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

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[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

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[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset be77b213ace0 by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7': Issue 21575: Show list.sort() arguments in the tutorial. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/be77b213ace0 -- ___ Python tracker

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 1b96949bfc97 by Raymond Hettinger in branch 'default': Issue 21575: Show list.sort() arguments in the tutorial. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1b96949bfc97 -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Jan-Philip Gehrcke added the comment: I have updated the patch with a cross-reference to the sorted() built-in, which explains the arguments. W.r.t. to Éric's suggestion: the sorted() doc refers to the sorting howto in the wiki. Now everything is connected. -- Added file: http://bugs.

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

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[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Changes by Raymond Hettinger : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file35358/sort_tut.diff ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > Is there a reason why we do not show the arguments there? It was likely an oversight. I think it should be updated so that people know the options are there. -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

Éric Araujo added the comment: I assume it is on purpose that the tutorial does not show all methods with all their arguments. It could overwhelm readers with too much information, and would also duplicate the full doc that’s in the reference. A link from this tutorial page to the list refere

[issue21575] list.sort() should show arguments in tutorial

New submission from Jan-Philip Gehrcke: Currently, the tutorial for the list sort method does not show allowed arguments: list.sort() Sort the items of the list in place. (see e.g. https://docs.python.org/3.4/tutorial/datastructures.html) Is there a reason why we do not show the