[Patches] [ python-Patches-969791 ] heapq.nlargest

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Patches item #969791, was opened at 2004-06-09 12:59
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Summary: heapq.nlargest

Initial Comment:
This patch adds a function that encapsulates a principal 
use case for heaps, finding the n largest from a dataset 
without doing a full sort.

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