Why list.sort() don't return the list reference instead of None?

[Robert Kern]

ankyhe at gmail.com wrote:
> L = [4,3,2,1]
> L=L.sort()
> L will refer to None, why L.sort() don't return the L?
> I want to ask why the designer of Python do so?

http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-doesn-t-list-sort-return-the-sorted-list

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Robert Kern

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