Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

def _heappush_max(heap, item):
    """Maxheap version of a heappush."""
    heap.append(item)
    _siftdown_max(heap, 0, len(heap)-1)

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

No response given

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

conversation on making max heap functions public

Linked PRs

• gh-110067: Add maxheap version of heappush. #110068
• gh-110067: Make max heap methods public and add missing ones #130725