[Python-3000] Total ordering and __cmp__

[Adam Olsen]

On 3/21/07, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> [snip]
> > Or we could just have 2.6 warn about the presence (or use) of __cmp__
> > -- users can write equivalent code using __lt__ etc. themselves and
> > probably do a better job.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> Is anyone collecting a list of these --py3k warnings? There seem to be
> a lot recent changes that 2.6's py3k-compat mode will be handling, but
> I haven't seen anything about someone tracking them/working on a PEP
> on the issue. Or did I just volunteer myself for that? : )

PEP 361 lists some, although I'm sure it could use some love and care.
 I would especially appreciate clarity on what the warning flags are,
what warnings are active under each flag, etc.

Anthony Baxter has patches for two of the warnings:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1631035&group_id=5470&atid=305470

I have a patch for several more:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1683908&group_id=5470

-- 
Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus