Incomparable abominations

[Mike Meyer]

mertz at gnosis.cx (David Mertz, Ph.D.) writes:

> You seemed to be answering Mike Meyer's stronger statement that the same
> *version* should always sort the same, which I agree is too strong.

I never made any claims about sorting. What I did claim was that
Python would be better off if comparisons made sense or raised
exceptions.  This does mean that sorting a list will give the same
results - but that's not the point. I don't think I've ever had a
reason to sort a heterogenous list.

        <mike
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