python用sorted排名_python的sorted（）使用什么算法？

Name says it all.

I'm trying to explain to someone why they should use Python's builtin sorted() function instead of rolling their own, and I realized I have no idea what algorithm it uses.

If it matters, we're talking python 2.7

解决方案

Python uses an algorithm called Timsort:

Timsort is a hybrid sorting algorithm, derived from merge sort and

insertion sort, designed to perform well on many kinds of real-world

data. It was invented by Tim Peters in 2002 for use in the Python

programming language. The algorithm finds subsets of the data that are

already ordered, and uses the subsets to sort the data more

efficiently. This is done by merging an identified subset, called a

run, with existing runs until certain criteria are fulfilled. Timsort

has been Python's standard sorting algorithm since version 2.3. It is

now also used to sort arrays in Java SE 7, and on the Android

platform.