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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
| Subject | Re: sort(*, key=None, reverse=None) |
| Date | Sat, 21 Dec 2013 07:24:30 +0000 |
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On 21/12/2013 07:20, Devin Jeanpierre wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> The subject refers to the list sort method given here >> http://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list. I believe that the >> "*," bit is simply a typo, given that the docs also state "sort() accepts >> two arguments that can only be passed by keyword". Am I correct? > > It's good practice in technical writing to repeat yourself: once in > the formal spec, and once in plain english. I don't see why this would > be a typo. > > -- Devin > So what is it actually saying? -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence
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