Python 3.0 - is this true?

[Arnaud Delobelle]

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

>> Even in 2.x it doesn't work (I think I posted this earlier but I'm not
>> sure anymore) as this example shows:
>> 
>>     2 < 3j and 3j < True, but True < 2
>
> What specific value of x have you been trying? For x=4,5,6, I get
>
> py> 2 < 3j and 3j < True
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: no ordering relation is defined for complex numbers
>
> Regards,
> Martin

My example was using the comp function defined by Kay:

>> def comp(x1, x2):
>>    try:
>>        if x1<x2:
>>            return -1
>>        else:
>>            return 1
>>    except TypeError:
>>        if str(x1)<str(x2):
>>            return -1
>>        else:
>>            return 1

It just shows that it doesn't define an order for builtin types.

-- 
Arnaud