From a95e87a48822ac459fddb2e81c3f7583a70a56e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:38:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Guido grants a Christmas wish:   sorted() becomes a regular
 function instead of a classmethod.

---
 Doc/tut/tut.tex | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
index b03f6830818..cbec92ca629 100644
--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -2211,6 +2211,20 @@ function.
 1
 \end{verbatim}
 
+To loop over a sequence in sorted order, use the \function{sorted()}
+function which returns a new sorted list while leaving the source
+unaltered.
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+>>> basket = ['apple', 'orange', 'apple', 'pear', 'orange', 'banana']
+>>> for f in sorted(set(basket)):
+...     print f
+... 	
+apple
+banana
+orange
+pear
+\end{verbatim}
 
 \section{More on Conditions \label{conditions}}