Aug. 31, 2000
10:58 a.m.
Paul F. Dubois writes:
And THAT works? comparison of tuples is lexographic? Really? This sig is full of odd things.
The values in the tuple are integers, not strings: Python 2.0b1 (#248, Aug 31 2000, 00:55:23) [GCC 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)] on linux2 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam Copyright 1995-2000 Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI)
sys.version_info (2, 0, 0, 'beta', 1)
The values for the fourth entry are specifically chosen so that lexicographic comparison works: "alpha" < "beta" < "candidate" < "final" -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at beopen.com> BeOpen PythonLabs Team Member