[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 326 now online

[Robert Brewer]

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> I just got a comment from another user suggesting modifying the
> min/max.__cmp__ so that they are the actual minimum and maximum.
>
> An interesting approach, which makes some sense to me.Guido van Rossum
wrote:

and Guido van Rossum replied:
> Not to me.  Random reuses like this would make Python into a
> mysterious language.

More mysterious than these comparisons? ;)

>>> 'a' > 3
True
>>> '3' > 4
True


Robert Brewer
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