Joshua Bronson <jabron...@gmail.com> added the comment: One more thing:
> I prefer the docs the way they are. They help the reader understand > the relationship between min, max, nsmallest, nlargest, and sorted. The docs still use the unspecific language "for smaller values of n" and "for larger values". I think careful readers would appreciate an addition along the lines of what you wrote earlier -- the optimal switchover point depends on the cost of the comparison function, the ordering of the input data, etc. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6614> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
