about sort and dictionary

[Fredrik Lundh]

bonono at gmail.com wrote:

> > so what would an entry-level Python programmer expect from this
> > piece of code?
> >
> >     for item in a.reverse():
> >         print item
> >     for item in a.reverse():
> >         print item
> >
> I would expect it to first print a in reverse then a as it was.
>
> a=[1,2,3]
>
> I expect it to print
>
> 3
> 2
> 1
> 1
> 2
> 3

really?  wouldn't

    3
    2
    1
    3
    2
    1

make a lot more sense ?

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