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Re: Timsort in Cpython

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From Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com>
Date 2013-06-15 14:55 -0500
Subject Re: Timsort in Cpython
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 2:44 PM,  <alphonse23@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm currently trying to make sense of Python's Timsort function. From the wikipedia page I was told the algorithm is located somewhere here: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Objects/listobject.c
>
> So of all the functions in there, could somebody point to me which one is timsort?
>
> Thanks, if anyone can help.
> Alphonse23

Actually, it looks to me like it's several of them, but the main
function is here:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Objects/listobject.c#l1902.

HTH,

Zach

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Timsort in Cpython alphonse23@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 12:44 -0700
  Re: Timsort in Cpython Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 14:55 -0500
  Re: Timsort in Cpython Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 21:00 +0100
  Re: Timsort in Cpython alphonse23@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 13:21 -0700
    Re: Timsort in Cpython Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 21:55 +0100
      Re: Timsort in Cpython alphonse23@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 14:43 -0700
    Re: Timsort in Cpython Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-15 22:56 -0400
  Re: Timsort in Cpython alphonse23@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 21:05 -0700
    Re: Timsort in Cpython mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2013-06-16 14:08 +0100
      Re: Timsort in Cpython alphonse23@gmail.com - 2013-06-16 09:15 -0700
        Re: Timsort in Cpython Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-16 16:16 -0400
          Re: Timsort in Cpython sean.westfall@gmail.com - 2013-06-19 10:10 -0700
    Re: Timsort in Cpython Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 14:33 -0600
      Re: Timsort in Cpython sean.westfall@gmail.com - 2013-06-19 10:18 -0700
        Re: Timsort in Cpython Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-19 12:20 -0600

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