Why is None <= 0

[Grant Edwards]

On 2008-04-25, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy at druid.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:27:15 +0200
> Gregor Horvath <gh at gregor-horvath.com> wrote:
>>  >>> None <= 0
>> True
>> 
>> Why?
>
> Why not?
>
>> Is there a logical reason?
>
> Everything in Python can compare to everything else.  

Not true.

Python 2.4.4 (#1, Mar 20 2008, 09:20:52) [GCC 3.4.6 (Gentoo 3.4.6-r2, ssp-3.4.6-1.0, pie-8.7.10)] on linux2

 >>> 3j < 7
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
 TypeError: no ordering relation is defined for complex numbers

> It is up to the programmer to make sure that they are
> comparing reasonable things.

True.

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