From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:00:54 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Broaden the early-out test for nsmallest and nlargest
X-Git-Tag: v3.5.0a1~2021
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f2420c94b350cf37b0ac06bda5539f754c1b469;p=python

Broaden the early-out test for nsmallest and nlargest
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diff --git a/Lib/heapq.py b/Lib/heapq.py
index d615239b94..d52cd715e1 100644
--- a/Lib/heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/heapq.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def nlargest(n, iterable):
 
     Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable, reverse=True)[:n]
     """
-    if n < 0:
+    if n <= 0:
         return []
     it = iter(iterable)
     result = list(islice(it, n))
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def nsmallest(n, iterable):
 
     Equivalent to:  sorted(iterable)[:n]
     """
-    if n < 0:
+    if n <= 0:
         return []
     it = iter(iterable)
     result = list(islice(it, n))