heapq - why no key= arg?

From	Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com>
Subject	heapq - why no key= arg?
Date	2015-04-27 09:54 -0400
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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Looking at heapq, I see only nlargest/nsmallest provide a key= arg.  What 
about other operations, such as heapify?  Am I not understanding something?  
I suppose for other ops, such as heapify, I can only customize comparison by 
customizing the object comparison operators?

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heapq - why no key= arg? Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> - 2015-04-27 09:54 -0400

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