On May 6, 1:31 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 6 May 2008 11:52:10 +0800, "Yuan HOng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > > It seems to me that rather than allowing this to happen, comparasion > > between the two should either be made correct (by convertion decimal > > to float e.g.) or forbidden, like arithmatic operations between the > > two types. > > Why should decimal be coerced to float? Maybe float should be > coerced to decimal? > > Or... the programmer should explicitly specify what comparison is > wanted -- if any... > > Or... Isn't Python 3.x supposed to forbid mixed type comparisons > unless the types implement suitable handling?
Yes, it is fixed in 3.0. Unfortunately it's well established behaviour in 2.x, so it won't be changing there. Don't bother reporting a bug about this unless it's about 3.0. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
