From e56bff417c52fcbbcca502716e73b720cea72274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh Raj Singhania
 <40535627+HarshRajSinghania@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:09:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sorts: type gnome sort for comparable items

---
 sorts/gnome_sort.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 tests/test_sorts.py |  1 +
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sorts/gnome_sort.py b/sorts/gnome_sort.py
index 3002bc6a8b18..e06813e8c1eb 100644
--- a/sorts/gnome_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/gnome_sort.py
@@ -12,8 +12,14 @@
 python3 gnome_sort.py
 """
 
+from typing import Protocol
 
-def gnome_sort(lst: list) -> list:
+
+class Comparable(Protocol):
+    def __lt__(self, other: object, /) -> bool: ...
+
+
+def gnome_sort[T: Comparable](lst: list[T]) -> list[T]:
     """
     Pure implementation of the gnome sort algorithm in Python
 
@@ -32,7 +38,12 @@ def gnome_sort(lst: list) -> list:
 
     >>> "".join(gnome_sort(list(set("Gnomes are stupid!"))))
     ' !Gadeimnoprstu'
-    """
+
+    >>> gnome_sort(["d", "a", "c", "b"])
+    ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
+    >>> gnome_sort([2.5, -1.0, 0.0])
+    [-1.0, 0.0, 2.5]
+"""
     if len(lst) <= 1:
         return lst
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sorts.py b/tests/test_sorts.py
index caa4b31cac81..df893ddd7637 100644
--- a/tests/test_sorts.py
+++ b/tests/test_sorts.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def test_sort_matches_builtin(sort, case):
         bubble_sort_iterative,
         bubble_sort_recursive,
         insertion_sort,
+        gnome_sort,
     ],
     ids=lambda f: f.__name__,
 )

From 13eaa82ff6da803f48d3570591d916673ea19cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pre-commit-ci[bot]"
 <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 18:40:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci
---
 sorts/gnome_sort.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sorts/gnome_sort.py b/sorts/gnome_sort.py
index e06813e8c1eb..ad747369f8e4 100644
--- a/sorts/gnome_sort.py
+++ b/sorts/gnome_sort.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def gnome_sort[T: Comparable](lst: list[T]) -> list[T]:
     ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
     >>> gnome_sort([2.5, -1.0, 0.0])
     [-1.0, 0.0, 2.5]
-"""
+    """
     if len(lst) <= 1:
         return lst