# Indexing, formatting, sorting

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/indexing-formatting-sorting/104382>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/indexing-formatting-sorting/104382 "2025-10-15T09:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Stefan2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/stefan2/32/18492_2.png) [@Stefan2](https://discuss.python.org/u/Stefan2)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/indexing-formatting-sorting/104382/21 "2026-07-16T10:59:30Z")

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> [@jonathandung](#):
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> why not use [this](https://github.com/danbornside/sorted_containers)?

Because that’s a very old version (forked and not worked on).

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**Author:** ![jonathandung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/jonathandung/32/35459_2.png) [@jonathandung](https://discuss.python.org/u/jonathandung)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/indexing-formatting-sorting/104382/22 "2026-07-16T12:10:18Z")

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Yes, I linked to the wrong one. Should be [this](https://github.com/grantjenks/python-sortedcontainers).

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**Author:** ![davidism](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/davidism/32/3295_2.png) [@davidism](https://discuss.python.org/u/davidism)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/indexing-formatting-sorting/104382/23 "2026-07-16T13:17:58Z")

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Closed on July 16, 2026, 1:17pm UTC

Don’t revive old topics just to say “no” in different ways.

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