Sorting list of objects on arbitrary attribute

[Fredrik Lundh]

"Max M" wrote:

> If something like it isn't included in the standard library, how come?

from the "python best practices" collection:

    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-June/025940.html

    "It's easier to write appropriate code from scratch in Python
    than to figure out how to *use* a package profligate enough
    to contain canned solutions for all common and reasonable
    use cases." -- tim peters

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