[Python-ideas] Automatic comparisons by default

[Raymond Hettinger]

>> 
>>> Two very related proposals:
>>> 
>>> 1. On "!=", if Python doesn't find __ne__, use "not __eq__()".
> 
> Isn't this implemented in Python 3?


Yes, it is :-)


>>> class A:
	def __eq__(self, other):
		print('hello')
		return True

>>> A() == A()
hello
True
>>> A() != A()
hello
False

It seems that very few core developers really know what is currently in Python 3.   That is probably a by-product of being stuck with Python 2 at work.


Raymond