Inconsistency in Python's Comparisons

[Andrew Koenig]

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
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> Andrew Koenig wrote:

> > "Erik Max Francis" <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
> > news:4057B2A4.F9EC49DD at alcyone.com...

> >>Do you have an example of this that doesn't involve comparisons between
> >>different types?

> > Do long and float count as different types?
>
> Was this a trick question?

Not particularly.  Although long and float are obviously different types, I
suspect that most people who say that they do not expect comparisons between
different types to work, they do expect comparisons to work consistently
between integers and floating-point values.