Python 3.0 - is this true?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> In any case, would it be possible to add a cmp= function which did more
> or less what the current default cmp does now?

As somebody pointed out, it's possible to create a key= function that
provides arbitrary ordering: just return an object custom type whose
__lt__ never fails:

class AlwaysOrdered:
   def __init__(self, o):
     self.o = o
   def __lt__(self, other):
     o1 = self.o
     o2 = other.o
     try:
        return o1 < o2
     except TypeError:
        return cmp((type(o1).__name__, id(o1)),
                   (type(o2).__name__, id(o2)))<0

L.sort(key=AlwaysOrdered)

(This is not quite the current implementation, and not even
transitive, but you get the idea)

Regards,
Martni