[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Streamline mention of sorted()
antoine.pitrou
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Dec 3 23:15:26 CET 2011
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bf0c5cd303e5
changeset: 73845:bf0c5cd303e5
branch: 3.2
user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date: Sat Dec 03 23:08:57 2011 +0100
summary:
Streamline mention of sorted()
files:
Doc/faq/design.rst | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/design.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst
@@ -625,10 +625,10 @@
you won't be fooled into accidentally overwriting a list when you need a sorted
copy but also need to keep the unsorted version around.
-In Python 2.4 a new built-in function -- :func:`sorted` -- has been added.
-This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts it and returns
-it. For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a dictionary in sorted
-order::
+If you want to return a new list, use the built-in :func:`sorted` function
+instead. This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts
+it and returns it. For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a
+dictionary in sorted order::
for key in sorted(mydict):
... # do whatever with mydict[key]...
--
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