[Python-Dev] Rich comparison confusion

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:22:11 +1300 (NZDT)


Michael Hudson <mwh21@cam.ac.uk>:

> a < b if and only if b > a.
> This is what the rich comparison code does.

Someone is bound to come up with a use for comparison
operator overloading in which this isn't true, just
to be difficult!

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