sorting a dictionary

[Mike Meyer]

Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> writes:

> It's not obvious to me why Python claims that 2j<'1' is defined while 2j<1
> is not.

Of course, you *can* write comparisons that certainly imply that you
can cmopare complex numbers. For instance,

        2j < a < 1

won't raise an exception if a is a non-numeric type. If that makes
sense, then 2j < 1 ought to make sense.

        <mike
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