[issue36117] Allow rich comparisons for real-valued complex objects.

[Eric V. Smith]

Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com> added the comment:

-1. We don't want to have objects that are orderable depending on their values. I can't think of anywhere else we do this.

It would be very easy to have a complex == 42+0.0000001j, after some calculation. This near-zero imaginary part would prevent it from being orderable, while if a similar calculation produced exactly 42+0j, then that instance would be orderable. An application relying on this would be a nightmare to write comprehensive tests for.

Whether something is orderable or not should depend solely on its type, not its value.

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