Strange behavior with sort()

[Lele Gaifax]

"ast" <nomail at invalid.com> writes:

> If I write:
>
>    box.sort()
>    if box == [1, 2, 3]:
>
> the program works as expected. But if I write:
>
>    if box.sort() == [1, 2, 3]:
>
> it doesn't work, the test always fails. Why ?

Because very often methods **dont't** return the object they are applied
(self that is).

This works though:

    >>> box = [1,3,2]
    >>> sorted(box) == [1,2,3]
    True

hth, ciao, lele.
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