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diff --git a/Doc/faq/design.rst b/Doc/faq/design.rst index d215ab1..e45aaaa 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/design.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/design.rst @@ -625,10 +625,10 @@ order to remind you of that fact, it does not return the sorted list. This way, you won't be fooled into accidentally overwriting a list when you need a sorted copy but also need to keep the unsorted version around. -In Python 2.4 a new built-in function -- :func:`sorted` -- has been added. -This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts it and returns -it. For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a dictionary in sorted -order:: +If you want to return a new list, use the built-in :func:`sorted` function +instead. This function creates a new list from a provided iterable, sorts +it and returns it. For example, here's how to iterate over the keys of a +dictionary in sorted order:: for key in sorted(mydict): ... # do whatever with mydict[key]... |