Lea Wiemann added the comment: Is this really necessary?
I see that the sorting code gets a little simpler, but I believe that there are valid use cases for cmp out there, where using a key would at least be cumbersome. So why remove it when it's useful? For instance, if you have an algorithm to determine the order in which any two elements should occur (and for some reason the algorithm satisfies transitivity) then it's usable as the cmp function, but turning it into a key function may be complicated (and adversly affect performance); you might end up having to map each element to a number or tuple describing the ordering properties of the element, which can be non-trivial. Besides, it can also be non-obvious. ---------- nosy: +LeWiemann __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1771> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
