gistfile1.txt

class Person(object):
  @classmethod
  def format(cls, filename):
    f = open(filename)
    file_list = f.read().split()
    f.close()
    person_list = []
    for person in file_list:
      person_list.append(cls(person))
    person_list.sort(key = lambda p: p.length)
    return person_list

  def __init__(self, name):
    self.name = name
    self.length = len(name)

class Mentor(Person):
  pass
class Player(Person):
  pass

mentors = Mentor.format(mentor_list)
players = Player.format(player_list)