[Python-Dev] Re: cmp(x,x)
Fred Drake
fred at zope.com
Fri May 21 16:07:28 EDT 2004
On Friday 21 May 2004 03:46 pm, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 15:37, Casey Duncan wrote:
> > Finally, a use for <>. Barry will be so happy ;^)
>
> And Just, and Fred.
No, no, no. "<>" is a misapplication of pointy brackets. Note that there's
nothing in the middle; what's the point of bracketing if there's nothing to
bracket?
The inequality operator should be spelled "!=", mostly so it's not confused
with the structured-bracketing operation.
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fred at zope.com>
PythonLabs at Zope Corporation
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