How does compare work?

[Terry Reedy]

"Helmut Jarausch" <jarausch at skynet.be> wrote in message
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> what does Python do if two objects aren't comparable (to my opinion)

Sorry, Python does what it does, which is generally to compare any two
objects unless explicitly disabled as with complex numbers or in
user-written method of user class.

> If I've understood "Python in a Nutschell" correctly it should raise an
> exception but it doesn't do for me.

Perhaps you could quote the line that mislead you, and someone could
explain, or suggest a change to the author.

Terry J. Reedy