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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:14:50 +0300
Subject: Re: Python 3 sort() problem
From: Joonas Liik <liik.joonas@gmail.com>
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>
> I know that sort() returns None, but I guess that it would be returned x
> that was sorted. Why so?

if it returned a sorted list it might lead some people to believe it
did not modify the oridinal list which would lead to a ton of
confusion for new users.