[Python-3000] Total ordering and __cmp__

[Steven Bethard]

On 3/21/07, Adam Olsen <rhamph at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/20/07, Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've used a __key__() method quite successfully in my own code.  Maybe
> > we should provide a mixin like::
> >
> >     class KeyedComparisonMixin(object):
> >         def __eq__(self, other):
> >             return self.__key__() == other.__key__()
[snip]
> This seems to match what I've usually needed, but I'm not sure it's
> worth putting in python proper.  How about a cookbook entry?  It would
> also be nice to reference in a guide on making code 3.0-ready.

Done.

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/510403

STeVe
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