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⚡️ Speed up function
The optimized code replaces a naive bubble sort implementation with Python's built-in `list.sort()` method, achieving a **100,564% speedup**.
**Key optimization:**
- **Algorithm change**: Replaced O(n²) bubble sort with Python's Timsort algorithm (O(n log n))
- **Implementation efficiency**: Python's `list.sort()` is implemented in C and highly optimized
**Why this leads to massive speedup:**
- **Asymptotic improvement**: Bubble sort requires ~n²/2 comparisons and swaps, while Timsort needs only ~n log n operations
- **Native implementation**: `list.sort()` uses optimized C code vs. interpreted Python loops
- **Eliminated redundant operations**: The original code performed unnecessary passes even when the list was already sorted
**Performance characteristics from test results:**
- **Small lists (5-10 elements)**: 30-50% faster due to reduced overhead
- **Large lists (1000 elements)**: 30,000-98,000% faster due to algorithmic superiority
- **Already sorted data**: Timsort's adaptive nature provides exceptional performance (60,000%+ speedup)
- **Worst-case scenarios** (reverse sorted): Still maintains excellent performance vs. bubble sort's quadratic degradation
The optimization maintains identical behavior including in-place sorting, error handling for incomparable types, and function signature, while dramatically improving performance across all input sizes.mysorter by 100,565%1 parent 143f18d commit 98159ea
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