Ahh, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for clearing that up. On Saturday, June 15, 2013 1:55:29 PM UTC-7, Robert Kern wrote: > On 2013-06-15 21:21, alphons...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > Thanks for the quick reply! So why did they decide to call it listsort in > > the source instead? Why didn't they keep it as Timsort? > > > > This was the first implementation of the algorithm. The algorithm was only > > colloquially named "Timsort" after it was used in Python. > > > > This the naming convention for the C implementation of builtin types' methods > in > > the Python codebase. The C implementation listsort() corresponds with the > Python > > method list.sort(). Similarly, listappend() is list.append(), listpop() is > > list.pop(), etc. C.f. > > > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Objects/listobject.c#l2362 > > > > -- > > Robert Kern > > > > "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma > > that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it > had > > an underlying truth." > > -- Umberto Eco
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