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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:00:43 -0000 (UTC)
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On 22 Mar 2024 01:58:50 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:23:45 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> You didn’t notice that Python’s sorting functions allow you to specify
>> a callback function to define the sort key?
> 
> I make no claims to being a Python expert.

OK, but reading the docs
<https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sorted> helps.