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diff --git a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
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@@ -262,7 +262,11 @@ 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)]
* The sort routines are guaranteed to use :meth:`__lt__` when making comparisons
between two objects. So, it is easy to add a standard sort order to a class by