[Python-Dev] Why doesn't `functools.total_ordering` use the existing ordering methods?

[cool-RR]

Hello,

Today I was trying to use `total_ordering` for the first time. I was
expecting that in order to implement e.g. `x > y` it would do `not x < y and
not x == y`, assuming that `__lt__`  and `__eq__` are defined. But I see it
just does `y < x`, which is problematic. For example if you have a class
that is decorated by `total_ordering`, and implements only `__lt__`  and
`__eq__`, then trying to do `x < y` will result in infinite recursion.

Why not have `total_ordering` work in the way I suggested?


Ram.
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