[Python-checkins] r79730 - python/trunk/Doc/library/functools.rst
raymond.hettinger
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Apr 4 03:25:00 CEST 2010
Author: raymond.hettinger
Date: Sun Apr 4 03:24:59 2010
New Revision: 79730
Log:
Issue 5479: Add functools.total_ordering class decorator.
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/library/functools.rst
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/functools.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/library/functools.rst (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/library/functools.rst Sun Apr 4 03:24:59 2010
@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@
The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
+.. function:: total_ordering(cls)
+
+ Given a class defining one or more rich comparison ordering methods, this
+ class decorator supplies the rest. This simplies the effort involved
+ in specifying all of the possible rich comparison operations:
+
+ The class must define one of :meth:`__lt__`, :meth:`__le__`,
+ :meth:`__gt__`, or :meth:`__ge__`.
+ In addition, the class should supply an :meth:`__eq__` method.
+
+ For example::
+
+ @total_ordering
+ class Student:
+ def __eq__(self, other):
+ return ((self.lastname.lower(), self.firstname.lower()) ==
+ (other.lastname.lower(), other.firstname.lower()))
+ def __lt__(self, other):
+ return ((self.lastname.lower(), self.firstname.lower()) <
+ (other.lastname.lower(), other.firstname.lower()))
.. function:: reduce(function, iterable[, initializer])
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