list.sort(): heaviest item?

[Steven Clark]

If I have a list of items of mixed type, can I put something into it
such that after a list.sort(), is guaranteed to be at the end of the
list?

Looking at http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.5/ref/comparisons.html
"Most other types compare unequal unless they are the same object; the
choice whether one object is considered smaller or larger than another
one is made arbitrarily but consistently within one execution of a
program."

makes me unsure.

It looks like "None" always ends up at the start ("lightest") , but I
want the opposite ("heaviest") .

-Steven

[Raymond Hettinger]

Re: list.sort(): heaviest item?

On Apr 8, 8:15 am, "Steven Clark" <steven.p.cl... @gmail.comwrote :

If I have a list of items of mixed type, can I put something into it
such that after a list.sort(), is guaranteed to be at the end of the
list?

Since the other guys gave you the real answer, how about this:

sentinel = object()
mylist.sort()
mylist.append(s entinel)

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