Mergesort Python

mergesort.py

#Merges two sorted lists into one sorted list. recursively
def merge(left, right):
    if len(left) == 0 and len(right) == 0:
        return []
    elif len(left) == 0:
        return right
    elif len(right) == 0:
        return left
    else:
        if left[0] <= right[0]:
            return left[:1] + merge(left[1:],right)
        else:
            return right[:1] + merge(left,right[1:])

#Splits a list in half and returns the halves
def halve(list):
    return list[:len(list)//2],list[len(list)//2:]

#Mergesort
def mergesort(list):
    if len(list) <= 1:
        return list
    left,right = halve(list)
    left,right = mergesort(left),mergesort(right)
    return merge(left,right)