Harsh Patel added the comment:
This ticket is not intended to rename heapify method in the stdlib (its too
late for that). This is to merely add a clarification in the docs to state
that heapify here has a different connotation than what's used in standard
algorithmic literature (CLRS, Sedgewic
Steven D'Aprano added the comment:
The "-ify" or "-fy" suffix in English means "to make". For example, "amplify",
"magnify", "terrify", etc.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ify
So heapify literally means "make into a heap". Not only is the name correct,
but it is a better name for an in-pla
New submission from Harsh Patel :
heapify method is a misnomer in that it is actually the make-heap or build-heap
procedure from textbooks
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 361996
nosy: hp685
priority: normal
pull_requests: 17888
severity: normal
status: open
title: Incorrect heap
