[issue14894] distutils.LooseVersion fails to compare number and a word

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

> I think the comparison should continue to succeed,
> with whatever results it produces in Python 2.7
The point I was trying to make is that this is not something done on purpose, nor useful or guaranteed, but only a side effect of 2.x’s mixed comparisons.  As undefined behavior, I don’t want to change 3.x to match it.

Natalia, could you reply to my questions in msg161515 ?  Thanks.

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