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On 4/4/2011 9:35 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
> On 04/04/11 19:34, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 10:21:33PM -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
>>>
>>> rewriting cmp_to_key in C is underway
>>>
>>> http://bugs.python.org/issue11707
>>>
>> Nice to know! Any chance this wil get into 2.7.x?
>
> Python 2.7 still have list.sort(cmp=...)/sorted(cmp=...), so cmp_to_key
> is not much use there. Just pass your comparison function to the cmp
> argument.

.cmp_to_key was added to ease moving to 3.x or maintaining code usable 
on both. A faster version would encourage such use. But it is not a bug 
fix exactly, and there is always worry that permanance enhancements may 
have unforseen side effects. I will let Raymond make the call on this.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy