[Python-Dev] operator precedence of eq, ne, etc, if both object have implementations (original) (raw)

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Wed Sep 30 16:24:32 CEST 2009

skip at pobox.com wrote:

Dino> For IronPython we wrote a set of tests which go through and define Dino> the various operator methods in all sorts of combinations on both Dino> new-style and old-style classes as well as subclasses of those Dino> classes and then do the comparisons w/ logging.

It would be very nice if these complex corner cases had a set of test cases which could be run by all implementations (CPython, Jython, IronPython, PyPy, etc). I don't know. Maybe the CPython test suite serves that purpose, but it seems like it would be helpful if this sort of "validation suite" was maintained as a separate project all implementations could use and contribute to.

+1, and supported by documentation.

Something like a manuel-based table test would seem ideal for this:

http://packages.python.org/manuel/manuel/table-example.html

..but what are the chances of something like that getting into the python core docs?

Chris

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