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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:51:57 -0700
Subject: Re: What behavior would you expect?
From: Jason Friedman <jsf80238@gmail.com>
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> I'd still advise using my_list.sort() rather than sorted(), as you
> don't need to retain the original.
>
>
Hmm.

Trying to figure out what that looks like.
If I understand correctly, list.sort() returns None.
What would I return to the caller?


> If you're going to call listdir, you probably want to use fnmatch directly.
>
>
Got it.

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I&#39;d still advise using my_list.sort() rather than sorted(), as you<br>
don&#39;t need to retain the original.<br>
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If you&#39;re going to call listdir, you probably want to use fnmatch direc=
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