[melbourne-pug] Data type assumptions in Python

[Ben Finney]

Javier Candeira <javier at candeira.com> writes:

> I have a sorted list.

What do you mean? Is this a Python builtin list that you have sorted? If
not, where did this ‘sorted_list’ come from?

> I can put in all numeric or all strs, or any type that's orderable to
> all the others:
>
> >>> sorted_list(1, 3, 5.0, 7, 6, 4, 2.0)
> [1, 2.0, 3, 4, 5.0, 6, 7]
> >>> sorted_list('a', 'c', 'e', 'd', 'b')
> ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
>
> But if I put in an incompatible/unorderable type, I get a TypeError:
> not comparable.

Who is “I” in all this? There are multiple points of responsibility
being discussed, and I don't know which one you're identifying with by
“I”.

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Ben Finney