<> and DeprecationWarning

Gerrit Holl gerrit at nl.linux.org
Mon Oct 20 12:36:42 EDT 2003


Wojtek Walczak wrote:
> Dnia Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:18:31 +0200, Gerrit Holl napisa³(a):
> > the <> inequality test operator has been deprecated for a loooooong time.
> Who said that?

The documentation calls it obsolete:
"""
<> and != are alternate spellings for the same operator. != is the preferred spelling; <> is obsolescent.
"""
(http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/comparisons.html)

Is there a difference between obsolescent, obsolete and deprecated?

yours,
Gerrit.

-- 
215. If a physician make a large incision with an operating knife and
cure it, or if he open a tumor (over the eye) with an operating knife, and
saves the eye, he shall receive ten shekels in money.
          -- 1780 BC, Hammurabi, Code of Law
-- 
Asperger Syndroom - een persoonlijke benadering:
	http://people.nl.linux.org/~gerrit/
Kom in verzet tegen dit kabinet:
	http://www.sp.nl/





More information about the Python-list mailing list