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Re: sort(*, key=None, reverse=None)

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Date Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:20:10 +1100
Subject Re: sort(*, key=None, reverse=None)
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On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 6:16 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?

The *, means that they're keyword-only arguments. It prevents you from
passing them positionally.

ChrisA

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Re: sort(*, key=None, reverse=None) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 18:20 +1100

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