Ezio Melotti <ezio.melo...@gmail.com> added the comment: Would it be ok to state that: 1) <, >, ==, >=, <=, and != compare the values of two objects; 2) the two objects don't necessarily have to be of the same type; 3) with == and !=, objects of different types compare unequal, unless they define a specific __eq__ and/or __ne__; 4) with <, >, <=, and >=, the comparison of objects of different types raises a TypeError, unless they define specific __lt__, __gt__, __le__, and __ge__; 5) some built-in types define these operations, so it's possible to compare e.g. int and floats;
This should summarize the possible behaviors. There's no reason IMHO to expose implementation details and to special case built-in types (unless their comparison is actually different and doesn't depend on __eq__, __ne__, etc.). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12067> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
