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| From | Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? |
| Date | 2016-05-15 16:00 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.34.1463328037.2226.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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On 2016-05-15, Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2016, 10:37 AM Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 2016-05-15, Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >>> >>> unless sorted() returns a lazy sorter, >> >> What's a lazy sorter? > > One that doesn't calculate the next item in the sequence until you > ask for it. It's impossible Why? As long as the function has access to the entire sequence, it should be trivial. Just find the min (or max) item in the sequence, remove it, then return it. It's horribly inefficient, but... > unless you don't mind an approximation rather than correct sort. I have a feeling that I've missed the joke somewhere. -- Grant
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How to get a directory list sorted by date? cl@isbd.net - 2016-05-15 09:47 +0100
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-15 20:48 +1000
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Michael Selik <michael.selik@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 15:50 +0000
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 16:00 +0000
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2016-05-15 13:12 -0500
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? cl@isbd.net - 2016-05-15 21:23 +0100
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-05-16 07:52 +1000
Re: How to get a directory list sorted by date? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-16 12:40 -0400
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