Comparing file objects: what is compared?

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Gerrit Holl writes:
 > >>> fp1=open('/tmp/file_one', 'w')
 > >>> fp2=open('/tmp/file_two', 'w')
 > >>> cmp(fp1, fp2)
 > -1
 > >>> cmp(fp2, fp1)
 > 1
 > 
 > What is compared? The date of creation? The filename? The contents?

  The ID is used for when nothing else is meaningful (and clear).
It's arbitrary & consistent.  ;)


  -Fred

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