[Python-Dev] Rich Comparison from "C" API?
Tim Peters
tim.one@comcast.net
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:01:10 -0400
[Tim]
> 1. You really want PyObject_RichCompareBool in your example, not
> PyObject_RichCompare. The former is much more efficient in some
> cases (e.g., a total ordering on dicts is much hairer to determine
> than just equality).
[David Abrahams]
> Now you're really pulling my leg. PyObject_RichCompareBool is just:
> ...
> How can that be more efficient that PyObject_RichCompare?
I wasn't pulling your leg there, I was simply wrong. Who can blame me? You
never documented this stuff <wink>.