[Python-Dev] Re: The list.sort(reverse=True) method not consistent with description

2021-10-30 Thread Raymond Bisdorff
Dear All, You are all completely right. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you all very much for putting my mind right about this issue. Best Regards Raymond Bisdorff > On 30 Oct 2021, at 19:00, Tim Peters wrote: > > [Raymond Bisdorff ] >> I fully agree with your point. By d

[Python-Dev] Re: The list.sort(reverse=True) method not consistent with description

2021-10-30 Thread Raymond Bisdorff
(2, 'd'), (3, 'e')] >>> L.sort(key=itemgetter(0), reverse=True) >>> L = [(3, 'e'), (2, 'd'), (2, 'b'), (1, 'c'), (1, 'a')] Should the tuples comparison is in this case, I thought, not be solely based on the first tup

[Python-Dev] The list.sort(reverse=True) method not consistent with description

2021-10-30 Thread Raymond Bisdorff
Dear Python developers, The help(list) shows in a python console the following documentation string for the list.sort() method. sort(self, /, *, key=None, reverse=False)  |  Sort the list in ascending order and return None.  |  |  The sort is in-place (i.e. the list itself is modified)