On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsdu...@gmx.de> wrote: >> There are no swapped-argument versions of these methods (to be used when the >> left argument does not support the operation but the right argument does); >> rather, __lt__() and __gt__() are each other’s reflection, __le__() and >> __ge__() are each other’s reflection, and __eq__() and __ne__() are their >> own reflection. > > But shouldn't __lt__ be the reflection or __ge__ and __gt__ the > reflection of __le__?
lt is the negation of ge, but it's the reflection of gt. Consider this: 1 < 2 2 > 1 If Python can't ask 1 if it's less than 2, it'll ask 2 if it's greater than 1. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
