ok, so how do I return a sorted list without doing it in place

[Kalle Svensson]

Sez Sean 'Shaleh' Perry:
> So, several of us informed Philip that list.sort() is in place and returns
> nothing.  How do i accomplish:
> 
> for key in dict.keys().sort():
>   print "%s -> %s" % (key, dict[key])
> 
> ???

# Courtesy of Alex Martelli, a few dozen posts earlier or so.

def sort(l):
    l.sort()
    return l

for key in sort(dict.keys()):
    print "%s -> %s" % (key, dict[key])

That's the best you can get, methinks.

Peace,
  Kalle
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