sorting list of complex numbers

[Terry Reedy]

Paul Rubin wrote:
> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:
>>>> Do your tuple destructuring in the first statement in your body and
>>>> nothing will break.
> 
> Why get rid of a useful feature that unclutters code?

Because, as has been posted before, it is rarely used, it is 
replaceable, its presence interfered with adding a new signature option, 
and its removal uncluttered a bit the C code.
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