What's the value of "None" between 2.1.1 and 1.5.2

[Steve Holden]

"Michael Abbott" <michael at rcp.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> wrote in
> news:mailman.1007090560.18985.python-list at python.org:
>
> > You were relying on undocumented behavior.  There is no obvious ordering
> > between integers and None.
> >
>
> So why don't comparisons of this type generate an exception?

Because comparisons are used in sorts, for example, and it wasn't considered
helpful for sorts of lists of arbitrary datatypes to raise errors.

regards
 Steve
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