[Python-Dev] cmp(x,x) (original) (raw)

Gustavo Niemeyer niemeyer at conectiva.com
Tue May 18 13🔞43 EDT 2004


>>> cmp(x,x) # x.cmp() is NOT called 0

This is odd. We'll have problems trying to implemnt a NaN following the convention of being not-equal to itself, for example.

>>> [x] == [x] # x.cmp() is NOT called True

This is correct, IMO.

-- Gustavo Niemeyer http://niemeyer.net



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