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Note the the sort arguments are required to be keywords.

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Raymond Hettinger 2008-02-14 13:34:38 +00:00
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@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ Note that while lists allow their items to be of any type, bytearray object
| ``s.reverse()`` | reverses the items of *s* in | \(6) | | ``s.reverse()`` | reverses the items of *s* in | \(6) |
| | place | | | | place | |
+------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ +------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+
| ``s.sort([key[, reverse]])`` | sort the items of *s* in place | (6), (7) | | ``s.sort([key[, reverse]])`` | sort the items of *s* in place | (6), (7), (8) |
+------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+ +------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+
.. index:: .. index::
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sequence. sequence.
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:meth:`sort` is not supported by :class:`bytearray` objects.
The :meth:`sort` method takes optional arguments for controlling the The :meth:`sort` method takes optional arguments for controlling the
comparisons. comparisons. Each must be specified as a keyword argument.
*key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a comparison *key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a comparison
key from each list element: ``key=str.lower``. The default value is ``None``. key from each list element: ``key=str.lower``. The default value is ``None``.
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makes the list appear empty for the duration, and raises :exc:`ValueError` if it makes the list appear empty for the duration, and raises :exc:`ValueError` if it
can detect that the list has been mutated during a sort. can detect that the list has been mutated during a sort.
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:meth:`sort` is not supported by :class:`bytearray` objects.
.. _bytes-methods: .. _bytes-methods: