scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl (Remco Gerlich) writes: > > def scmp(a,b): > > if a<b: return -1 > > if b<a: return 1 > > return 0 [...] > Uhm. scmp() is the same as the builtin cmp(), as far as I can see. Almost, yes. It performs two comparisons, though, whereas the builtin performs only one (in general). Regards, Martin