alwayssortedlist (was Re: On PEP 322 (ireverse))

[Alex Martelli]

Ian McMeans wrote:

> Not only is it not effective, but heaps don't keep their elements in
> sorted order... so if you wanted a list to stay sorted, heaps aren't

Please don't "top-post": somebody reading your reply can't see what
you ARE responding to.  Putting your comments AFTER the phrase you're
commenting on is much kinder to readers.

I said a heap is "not effective" (as a way to sort, in Python) because
the sort method of lists is so much faster.  You CAN use a heap to
sort, it's just not an _effective_ way to perform sorting in Python.


Alex