On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:21:18 -0700, Patrick Maupin wrote: > Doesn't matter though. The OP was sorting lists, not strings, so he > knew what I meant.
I have found that when people ask basic questions about fundamental Python operations like sorting, it is risky to assume that they will know what I meant if I say something different. Since I've been on both the giving and receiving end of carelessly inaccurate answers, I know how frustrating it is to spend significant time trying to work out what I was doing wrong, only to be told much later "Oh, I meant you should do Y, not X. I thought you would understand what I meant." -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
