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Title: "cmp" should be "key" in sort doc
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Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.4
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Status: closed Resolution: out of date
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Created on 2005-03-29 14:22 by kbriggs, last changed 2005-03-29 15:35 by rhettinger. This issue is now closed.

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msg24814 - (view) Author: Keith Briggs (kbriggs) Date: 2005-03-29 14:22 
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/typesseq-
mutable.html:

> key specifies a function of one argument that is used 
to extract a comparison key from each list 
element: "cmp=str.lower" 

I think should be 

key specifies a function of one argument that is used to 
extract a comparison key from each list 
element: "key=str.lower"
msg24815 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-03-29 15:35 
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Thanks for the report.
This was already fixed.
You should see it in the new Py2.4.1.
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