[Python-checkins] r67606 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Dec 6 09:14:46 CET 2008
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Dec 6 09:14:46 2008
New Revision: 67606
Log:
cmp() is not really gone.
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst Sat Dec 6 09:14:46 2008
@@ -189,12 +189,11 @@
argument instead. N.B. the *key* and *reverse* arguments are now
"keyword-only".
-* The :func:`cmp` function is gone, and the :meth:`__cmp__` special
- method is no longer supported. Use :meth:`__lt__` for sorting,
- :meth:`__eq__` with :meth:`__hash__`, and other rich comparisons as
- needed. (If you really need the :func:`cmp` functionality, you
- could use the expression ``(a > b) - (a < b)`` as the equivalent for
- ``cmp(a, b)``.)
+* The :func:`cmp` function should be treated as gone, and the :meth:`__cmp__`
+ special method is no longer supported. Use :meth:`__lt__` for sorting,
+ :meth:`__eq__` with :meth:`__hash__`, and other rich comparisons as needed.
+ (If you really need the :func:`cmp` functionality, you could use the
+ expression ``(a > b) - (a < b)`` as the equivalent for ``cmp(a, b)``.)
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