[ python-Bugs-1730401 ] __cmp__ present in type but not instance??

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Bugs item #1730401, was opened at 2007-06-03 15:04
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: L. Peter Deutsch (lpd)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: __cmp__ present in type but not instance??

Initial Comment:
hasattr(list, '__cmp__') is True, but hasattr([], '__cmp__') is False.  Doesn't the Python story about instances and classes forbid this!?

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