[Python-3000] Please re-add __cmp__ to python 3000
Adam Hupp
adam at hupp.org
Wed Oct 17 19:21:18 CEST 2007
On 10/17/07, David A. Wheeler <dwheeler at dwheeler.com> wrote:
> class NumberMixinCmp(ComparisonMixin):
...
> def cmp(self, other):
> if self.x == other.x: return 0
> return (-1 if self.x < other.x else 1)
In the common case the == test will be false. About ~1/2 of the
tests will be be <, and half >. It's better then to do:
if self.x < other.x:
return -1
elif self.x > other.x:
return 1
else:
return 0
This almost halves the time difference, as you would expect.
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