how to convert code that uses cmp to python3

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

> On 4/8/2016 12:22 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> The issue is known. It has been tackled with a kind of a "garbage
>> collection" scheme:
>>
>>     <URL: https://bugs.python.org/issue22448>
>
> and fixed 1 1/2 years ago.

On the surface, the garbage collection scheme looks dubious, but maybe
it works perfect in practice.


Marko