Sorting out sort

[Anders J. Munch]

"Mel Wilson" <mwilson at the-wire.com> wrote:
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> Still, we give up the right to write
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> i = s[:].sort().index(a)

This is equivalent to (using my sort function):
    i  = sort(s).index(a)

functional-sort-comes-to-the-rescue-again-ly y'rs, Anders