[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.869,1.870

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv22643/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
* list.sort() now supports three keyword arguments:  cmp, key, and reverse.
  key provides C support for the decorate-sort-undecorate pattern.
  reverse provide a stable sort of the list with the comparisions reversed.

* Amended the docs to guarantee sort stability.



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+ - list.sort() now supports three keyword arguments:  cmp, key, and reverse.
+   The key argument can be a function of one argument that extracts a
+   comparison key from the original record:  mylist.sort(key=str.lower).
+   The reverse argument is a boolean value and if True will change the
+   sort order as if the comparison arguments were reversed.  In addition,
+   the documentation has been amended to provide a guarantee that all sorts
+   starting with Py2.3 are guaranteed to be stable (the relative order of
+   records with equal keys is unchanged).
+ 
  - Added test whether wchar_t is signed or not. A signed wchar_t is not
    usable as internal unicode type base for Py_UNICODE since the