__cmp__ behaviour

[Emile van Sebille]

Hi all,

I have a situation where I want class instances to always
compare unequal.  I thought I could do it with __cmp__,
but it appears that it sometimes is short circuited.  Is
there a way around this?

Python 1.6a2 (#0, Apr  6 2000, 11:45:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>>> class Test:
 def __cmp__(self, other):
  print "__cmp__"
  return -1

 
>>> a = Test()
>>> b = Test()
>>> a == b
__cmp__
0
>>> a = b
>>> a == b
1


TIA,

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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