Question about 'None'

Francis Girard francis.girard at free.fr
Fri Jan 28 09:10:18 EST 2005


Le vendredi 28 Janvier 2005 22:54, jfj a écrit :
> Francis Girard wrote:
> > What was the goal behind this rule ?
>
> If you have a list which contains integers, strings, tuples, lists and
> dicts and you sort it and print it, it will be easier to detect what
> you're looking for:)
>
>
> G.

Mmm. Certainly not one of my top requirements.

Anyway, it would be better to separately provide a compare function that 
orders elements according to their types instead of making the comparison 
operators default semantics somewhat obscure (and dangerous).

Thank you
Francis Girard




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