Agreed. I'd started typing before I realized that it'd provide a stable sort, which pretty much answered my own question, but decided to send it anyhow in case I'd missed anything else... :)
And it turns out we both missed the fact that it avoids comparing the dictionaries which could save a *lot* of number crunching (as well as making otherwise unsortable lists sortable).
So it's a good thing you did decide to send it :)
Cheers, Nick.
-- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://boredomandlaziness.skystorm.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
