[Python-3000] Total ordering and __cmp__

Daniel Stutzbach daniel at stutzbachenterprises.com
Wed Mar 21 23:36:50 CET 2007


On 3/21/07, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> In addition to this, what about the idea of a Python-level
> __richcmp__ method? It would provide a single point of override
> for classes that wanted to use it, and it shouldn't upset any
> default behaviours since it's just exposing what's there
> at the C level anyway.

I apologize if this is a silly question, but what would be the
difference between the proposed __richcmp__ and the old __cmp__ that's
being removed?

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Daniel Stutzbach, Ph.D.             President, Stutzbach Enterprises LLC


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