Feature request: sorting a list slice

[Steve Holden]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>The effbot wrote:
>>
>>
>>>George Sakkis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>It would be useful if list.sort() accepted two more optional
>>>>>parameters
>>>
>>>useful for what?  what's the use case ?
>>
>>John Machin then wrote, without quoting any context at all:
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>>
>>>Use case?
>>
>>He means "under what circumstances do you see someone actually using the 
>>proposed feature rather than just nodding and saying "that looks 
>>useful". IOW, who would use the new feature, and why?
> 
> 
> I believe that John was asking George for a use case rather than asking Fredrik
> what a use case was.
> 
In which case, as I pointed out, John would have done better to quote a 
little more context.

regards
  Steve
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