Case Van Horsen <cas...@gmail.com> added the comment:

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Mark Dickinson<rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> Thanks again, casevh!  The patch looks good.  I've added to it a bit,
> though---see issue6431.patch.  In detail:
>
> - don't use subtraction with unknown types for <, <=, >, >=;  this is
>  dangerous, since the unknown type may well do a lossy conversion, and
>  comparisons should really be exact where possible;  as with __eq__,
>  it seems better to return NotImplemented and give the other type a
>  chance.
>
> - handle infs and nans correctly in comparisons with floats
>
> - a few more tests.
>
> casevh, please could you have a look at the attached patch and let me
> know whether it still works with your gmpy port?

I've tested gmpy with attached patch and all tests pass successfully.
Thanks!

>
> Jeffrey, any comments on these changes?
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> stage: test needed -> patch review
> Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14508/issue6431.patch
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