sorts: type slowsort for any comparable items (#15347)

sorts/slowsort.py

@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowsort
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import Protocol
 
-def slowsort(sequence: list, start: int | None = None, end: int | None = None) -> None:
+
+class Comparable(Protocol):
+    def __lt__(self, other: object, /) -> bool: ...
+
+
+def slowsort[T: Comparable](
+    sequence: list[T], start: int | None = None, end: int | None = None
+) -> None:
     """
     Sorts sequence[start..end] (both inclusive) in-place.
     start defaults to 0 if not given.
@@ -20,6 +28,14 @@ def slowsort(sequence: list, start: int | None = None, end: int | None = None) -
     It returns None.
     >>> seq = [1, 6, 2, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5]; slowsort(seq); seq
     [1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6]
+    >>> seq = ["c", "a", "b"]; slowsort(seq); seq
+    ['a', 'b', 'c']
+    >>> seq = [2.5, -1, 0.0]; slowsort(seq); seq
+    [-1, 0.0, 2.5]
+    >>> slowsort([1, "a"])
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'int'
     >>> seq = []; slowsort(seq); seq
     []
     >>> seq = [2]; slowsort(seq); seq