RichCompare and RichCompareBool

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:54:09 -0200, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>  
escribió:

> Aaron Brady wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  In the source for 3.0.1, PyObject_RichCompareBool seems to perform an
>> extra check on identity that PyObjecct_RichCompare does not perform.
>
> To me, the existence of two functions suggests that they are *intended*  
> to act differently.

Mmm, but then the documentation is misleading and incomplete, at least.  
PyObject_RichCompareBool is not equivalent of "o1 op o2" as it claims, and  
both functions differ in more than return value (the only documented  
difference).

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Gabriel Genellina