Peter Decker wrote: > On 10 Jan 2006 13:33:20 GMT, Antoon Pardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > IMO if they aren't of the same type then the answer to: > > > > a < b > > > > is just as obviously False as > > > > a == b > > > > Yet how things are proposed now, the first will throw an exception > > and the latter will return False. > > I don't see the two comparisons as equivalent at all. If two things > are different, it does not follow that they can be ranked. If we have > two objects, such as a spark plug and a cam shaft, it is one thing to > say that the two are not the same object; it is quite another to say > that one is 'greater than' or 'less than' the other. >
I agree. If a and b are of incomparable types, then a != b is True but a < b is meaningless. All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > -- > > # p.d. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
