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zope-sequencesort

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Provides support for sorting sequences by one or more criteria, including ascending/descending order and case-insensitive comparisons. Current version: 6.0 (requires Python >=3.9). Maintained as part of the Zope Foundation, releases are stable but infrequent.

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pip install zope-sequencesort

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · ZOPE-SEQUENCESORT

zope-sequencesort

datapythonv6.0

Install

1.8s avg

Import

10ms

Disk

19MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v6.0 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.006s · 17.9MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 1.8s · import 0.002s · 18MB

19MB installed

● package 19MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

sort

✓ from zope.sequencesort import sort

Sort a list of dicts by a key, with options for descending and case-insensitive.

from zope.sequencesort import sort # Simple list of dictionaries items = [{'name': 'Charlie'}, {'name': 'Alice'}, {'name': 'Bob'}] # Sort by 'name' ascending, case-insensitive sorted_items = sort(items, (('name', False, False),)) print([item['name'] for item in sorted_items]) # Output: ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Charlie']

Debug

Known issues

gotchaThe sort function expects a sequence and a tuple of sort keys. Each sort key is a tuple of (attr, reverse, case_insensitive). The default for both reverse and case_insensitive is False, but you must pass a tuple for each key.

fix

Ensure you pass a tuple of tuples, e.g., (('name', False, False),). Do not pass a single tuple without the outer parentheses.

affects: all

gotchaThe sort key's first element is an attribute name (string) used for getattr. It does not work for nested attributes or item access like 'key.subkey'.

fix

Pre-process your data to flatten nested structures before sorting, or use a lambda with Python's sorted().

affects: all

gotchaThe package is very old and may not be compatible with Python 3.10+ if using deprecated 'distutils'. However, version 6.0 requires Python >=3.9 and should work.

fix

If you encounter install errors, upgrade pip and setuptools, or use a virtual environment.

affects: >=6.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'zope.sequencesort'

Package not installed or wrong import path.

fix

Install with 'pip install zope-sequencesort' and import as 'from zope.sequencesort import sort'.

TypeError: sort() argument 2 must be tuple, not tuple

Passing a single sort key tuple instead of a tuple containing that tuple.

fix

Wrap the key tuple in an extra set of parentheses: sort(items, (('name', False, False),))

AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'name'

Sort key uses getattr, but items are dictionaries; attribute access fails.

fix

Convert dicts to objects (e.g., using types.SimpleNamespace) or sort using Python's sorted() with a lambda.

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Version history

6.0latest on PyPI · released Sep 12, 2025

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.sequencesort ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/zope-sequencesort/ ↗

homepagehttps://zope.org ↗