On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:53:16 -0800, r.grimm wrote: >>>> (1).__cmp__(10) > -1 As the dot is an operator like ``+`` or ``/`` you can also add spaces to avoid the ambiguity: In [493]: 1 . __cmp__(10) Out[493]: -1 In [494]: 1 .__cmp__(10) Out[494]: -1 Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch