[Python-Dev] Keep default comparisons - or add a second set? (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Tue Dec 20 02:37:06 CET 2005


Jim Jewett wrote:

Or, at the very least, promote a standard way to say "just get me a canonical ordering of some sort"

That would be my preference. Comparison for canonical ordering should be a distinct operation with its own spelling. Then Guido's

Comparisons other than == and != between disparate types will raise an exception unless explicitly supported by the type

can be true without precluding the existence of a canonical ordering.

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