Re: questions about how sysfs.py works

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/28/2014 05:01 PM, Guy Streeter wrote: > I'm making an effort to understand how all of tuna works (this is > admirable, not folly, correct?). There's a part of the reload() function > in the cpus class that I don't understand. to start with: > > for socket in sockets_to_sort: self.sockets[socket].sort() > > Here self.sockets[socket] is a list of cpu objects. The cpu class is not > an orderable type. It does not provide it's own comparison function, and > cannot be converted to an integer value. What is the (intended) result of > calling the list's sort() function? > > Another thing: these lines are indented so as to be included in the > outer loop. It seems these lines need only to be run after the other loop > is complete. > > I think I must be missing something, since the code seems to work. > Although, I can't find any place that depends on self.sockets[socket] > being sorted in any meaningful way. > > thanks, --Guy I realize this isn't of high importance, but it's bugging me that I don't understand this bit of code. Does anyone have any insight?