Why there isn't a sort method for array ?

[James Stroud]

John Machin wrote:
> Tim Roberts wrote:
>> "fdu.xiaojf at gmail.com" <fdu.xiaojf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It seems that an array acts like an list very much, except it doesn't
>>> have a method sort.
>> What do you mean by "array"?  There is no such beast in the Python
>> language.  Do you mean the library module "array"?
>>
> 
> Indubitably the OP means objects created by the array function in the
> array module. Does that help you answer his question?
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 

Yep. Seems like there should be a sort() for array.array objects, 
especially since they implement pop(), insert(), extend(), etc. Also, 
all data types corresponding to array typecodes can be compared in a 
sort: <http://docs.python.org/lib/module-array.html>.

In the mean time, try

my_sorted_array = array.array(my_array.typecode, sorted(my_array))

James