"Bronner, Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | The native implementation of int goes to great lengths to allow | illogical comparisons such as the one below. | >>> import xml as x | >>> x | >>> <module 'xml' from 'c:\python25\lib\xml\__init__.pyc'> | | >>> x>4 | True | >>> x<4 | False
Python once made all objects comparable. No longer true. 'Illogical' comparisons will raise exceptions in 3.0 but must be maintained in 2.x for back compatibility. tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
