def testSortingRepeatedCompositeFieldsStable(self, message_module):
    """Check passing a custom comparator to sort a repeated composite field."""
    message = message_module.TestAllTypes()

    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 21
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 20
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 13
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 33
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 11
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 24
    message.repeated_nested_message.add().bb = 10
    message.repeated_nested_message.sort(key=lambda z: z.bb // 10)
    self.assertEqual(
        [13, 11, 10, 21, 20, 24, 33],
        [n.bb for n in message.repeated_nested_message])

    # Make sure that for the C++ implementation, the underlying fields
    # are actually reordered.
    pb = message.SerializeToString()
    message.Clear()
    message.MergeFromString(pb)
    self.assertEqual(
        [13, 11, 10, 21, 20, 24, 33],
        [n.bb for n in message.repeated_nested_message])
Check passing a custom comparator to sort a repeated composite field.
deps/protobuf/python/google/protobuf/internal/message_test.py