strange behavior of the comparison operator

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Grant Edwards wrote:

> The only problem I see is that the case where self.r==other.r and self.i >
> other.i isn't handled.  That wouldn't cause the problem you've observed, but
> I'd do something like:
>
>   def __comp__(self, other):
>     if self.r < other.r:
>        return -1
>     elif self.r > other.r:
>        return 1
>     else:
>        if self.i < other.i:
>           return -1
>        elif self.i > other.i:
>           return 1
>        else:
>           return 0

Mmm, no. You see, what if you have values like (5+1j) and (2+58j)? are you
sure you want to believe that (5+1j) is larger? It will seem that way if you
use the comparison function above.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio at openservices.net>