tp_richcompare vs tp_compare

[Aahz]

In article <d52edb82-4de5-496d-8807-b5d15ee66195 at i31g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
moerchendiser2k3  <googler.1.webmaster at spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>
>Do I need to implement both? Looks very redundant, isnt it? Or is it
>just an extension and tp_richcompare is the better choice here? Can
>anyone please make the light on here? :)

Nobody else responded, so please take this non-expert advice:

tp_compare is the older and now deprecated slot; you want to use
tp_richcompare if you don't need to support older versions of Python.
Don't implement both.
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