Thomas Krüger wrote: > Alex Martelli schrieb: >> Thomas Krüger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> def sorter(a, b): >>> return cmp(a.id, b.id) >>> >>> obj_lst.sort(sorter) >> A MUCH better way to obtain exactly the same semantics would be: >> >> def getid(a): >> return a.id >> >> obj_list.sort(key=getid) > > Frankly speaking the purpose of the example was to show how to pass a > function as argument for the sort method. > Your code may be more efficient but it explains something different.
Yes, but there's almost never a reason to use the cmp= argument to sort() anymore. It's almost always better to use the key= argument. STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
