From 599db7de6382179155c54dcf675b7af160df395f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 01:08:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] The list.sort() docs require a function that returns -1, 0 or +1. That's never been true, and in particular implies cmp() can't be used(!). Get closer to the truth. --- Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex index 916a1cfa499..b06cd5eb136 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ Notes: \item[(6)] The \method{sort()} method takes an optional argument specifying a comparison function of two arguments (list items) which - should return \code{-1}, \code{0} or \code{1} depending on whether + should return a negative, zero or positive number depending on whether the first argument is considered smaller than, equal to, or larger than the second argument. Note that this slows the sorting process down considerably; e.g. to sort a list in reverse order it is much