Sorting a list of objects by multiple attributes

[Scott David Daniels]

Kent Johnson wrote:
> Scott David Daniels wrote:
>> Kent Johnson wrote:
>>> In Python 2.5 you can do this with operator.attrgetter():
>>>   L.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('whatever', 'someother', 'anotherkey'))
>>
>> Note: this is also available in Python 2.4
> 
> No, the ability to specify more than one attribute name, making a getter 
>  that returns a tuple, is a Python 2.5 enhancement.

Yup, sorry about that.  When I installed 2.5a1 the shortcuts I used for
2.4 got switched w/o my noticing (I did try it first).  I have now made
my 2.4 shortcuts more explicit (so the next time I'll do this stupid
thing is likely on 2.6).

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-Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org