Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Oct 13 23:33:37 EDT 2003

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>     >> I would also advocate an optional reverse=False argument, so that
>     >> 
>     >> result = sort(names, reverse=True)
>     >> 
>     >> is equivalent to
>     >> 
>     >> result = sort(names)
>     >> result.reverse()
> 
>     Guido> While we're at it, +1.

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> direction=[ascending|descending]
> 
> ?  Just a thought.

But where would these constants be defined?  Using
direction='ascending' feels ugly.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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