From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:09:32 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Issue #24715: Improve sort stability example
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.12rc1~103
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ff64b3a532cadf8d109f5a7e44cc226e61df630f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue #24715: Improve sort stability example
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
index b501e0e1a401..675ed97a777a 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@ Odd and Ends
   twice:
 
     >>> data = [('red', 1), ('blue', 1), ('red', 2), ('blue', 2)]
-    >>> assert sorted(data, reverse=True) == list(reversed(sorted(reversed(data))))
+    >>> standard_way = sorted(data, key=itemgetter(0), reverse=True)
+    >>> double_reversed = list(reversed(sorted(reversed(data), key=itemgetter(0))))
+    >>> assert standard_way == double_reversed
+    >>> standard_way
+    [('red', 1), ('red', 2), ('blue', 1), ('blue', 2)]
 
 * To create a standard sort order for a class, just add the appropriate rich
   comparison methods: