Raymond Hettinger wrote:
Python 3 doesn't need it because it is possible to not give a result at all. Python 2 does need it because we have to give *some* result.
That's not true -- it's possible for comparisons to raise an exception in 2.x, and they sometimes do already: Python 2.5.4 (r254:67916, May 15 2009, 15:21:20) [GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> 1+2j < 3+4j Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: no ordering relation is defined for complex numbers -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
