[Python-3000] Total ordering and __cmp__

[Collin Winter]

On 3/21/07, Thomas Wouters <thomas at python.org> wrote:
> On 3/21/07, Collin Winter <collinw at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 3/20/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > Or we could just have 2.6 warn about the presence (or use) of __cmp__
> > > -- users can write equivalent code using __lt__ etc. themselves and
> > > probably do a better job.
> >
> > Fair enough.
> >
> > Is anyone collecting a list of these --py3k warnings? There seem to be
> > a lot recent changes that 2.6's py3k-compat mode will be handling, but
> > I haven't seen anything about someone tracking them/working on a PEP
> > on the issue. Or did I just volunteer myself for that? : )
>
> Neal and I have been updating PEP361, and I will be keeping an eye on it
> when I refactor the p3yk branch into separate py3k-feature-branches (be it
> bazaar or mercurial or whatever.) Each conceptual change in py3k will be a
> separate branch, so keeping track of what needs to be warned will be easier.
> (But the practical consequences of this will be clearer after I give it some
> concrete form :)

Good to know. Thanks, Thomas!

Collin Winter