In article <hickp8$cfg$0...@news.t-online.com>, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > >The use cases for an order that works across types like int and str are >weak to non-existent. Implementing it was considered a mistake and has >been fixed in Python 3:
That is not precisely correct from my POV. The primary use case for order that works across types is sorting lists of heterogeneous data. Many people relied on that feature; however, experience showed that it caused more bugs than it fixed. But that doesn't obviate the use of the feature. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
