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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 22:51:42 -0700
Subject: Re: Bug in timsort!?
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> TimSort is an algorithm, and it is not broken. The algorithm is correct.

The algorithm asserted an invariant but failed to actually establish
it. That sounds broken to me.