[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Comparisons

[Konrad HINSEN]

> 
> Repeatedly there has been a discussion about "<" and ">" comparisons
> for Array objects. Why can that not be implemented in the "dictionary"
> way? It just needs to be made recursive. Like:
> 
>    a<b if:
>       (a[0]<b[0]) or
>       (a[0]==b[0] and (a[1]<b[1] or len(a)=1)) or
>       ....

It probably can be implemented in such a way, but why?  For what
application would this definition be useful?

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