Problem with the sort() function

[Sion Arrowsmith]

clementine <kashmira_v_phalak at yahoo.com> wrote:
>Thanx Nick...I forgot to mention im using python 2.2 and along with a host
>of other things it doesnt seem to have the enumarate built in function
>:(:(:(...is it possible to replace it by something else? I dont think
>simulating it will be feasible....

Here's one I prepared earlier:

if sys.version_info < (2,3):
    def enumerate(l):
        return zip(range(len(l)), l)

which will suck somewhat on large lists compared to being able to
do it with iterators.

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