[Python-Dev] Re: Got None. Maybe Some? (original) (raw)

David LeBlanc whisper at oz.net
Mon Dec 22 15:43:09 EST 2003

[Paul Moore] > ... > The fact that [None] compares less than every other value is to me > incidental, and arbitrary.

Arbitrary?! I clearly recall when the decision was made that None would compare less than anything else. I was in the same room with Guido, and this is a verbatim transcript of the debate: Two lines of code later, the Only Objectively Correct result was achieved. history-is-more-impressive-in-textbooks-ly y'rs - tim How about "everything" or "all" as the obverse of "none", ordered higher than all other values? "Some" is far too indeterminate.

Dave LeBlanc Seattle, WA USA

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