On Jan 29, 12:21 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> "Comes to their senses"?
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> There's nothing you can do with __cmp__ that you can't do better with
> rich comparisons, and plenty that rich comparisons can do that __cmp__ is
> utterly incapable of dealing with. __cmp__ is crippled since it can only
>
On Jan 29, 9:47 am, Paul Boddie wrote:
> On 27 Jan, 13:26, Xah Lee wrote:
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> > So, for practical reasons, i think a “key” parameter is fine. But
> > chopping off “cmp” is damaging. When your data structure is complex,
> > its order is not embedded in some “key”. Taking out “cmp” makes it
> >