Custom alphabetical sort
Mark Lawrence
breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Dec 24 13:07:34 EST 2012
On 24/12/2012 17:40, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <46db479a-d16f-4f64-aaf2-76de654185da at googlegroups.com>,
> Pander Musubi <pander.musubi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> I'm assuming that doesn't correspond to some standard locale's collating
>>> order, so we really do need to roll our own encoding (and that you have
>>> a good reason for wanting to do this).
>>
>> It is for creating a Dutch dictionary.
>
> Wait a minute. You're telling me that Python, of all languages, doesn't
> have a built-in way to sort Dutch words???
>
There's a built-in called secret that's only available to those who are
Dutch and members of the PSU.
A slight aside, I understand that the BDFL is currently on holiday. For
those who want a revolution now is as good a time as any :)
--
Cheers.
Mark Lawrence.
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