Python 3.0, rich comparisons and sorting order
Andrew Dalke
adalke at mindspring.com
Tue Sep 21 16:04:07 EDT 2004
[Sorry, hit 'Send' by accident]
Phil Frost wrote:
> The right question here is, "is there a reason for mappings with
> heterogeneous key types?" It's not something that I do often, but it's
> something that's important to have. Dynamic typing is a good thing.
Though it's a different question. mapping keys only
need to define __hash__ and __eq__. That's easier than
defining an ordering.
Andrew
dalke at dalkescientific.com
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