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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