Fix test_list_with_sort_dir (#703) #1156

Job	Run time
run-test-suite (ubuntu-latest, 3.9, 9.4)	12m 13s
run-test-suite (ubuntu-22.04, 3.7, 9.1)	9m 19s
run-test-suite (ubuntu-latest, 3.13, latest)	11m 41s
run-test-suite (ubuntu-latest, 3.9, latest)	13m 9s
	46m 22s

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