Am 28.10.2013 13:23, schrieb Chris Angelico: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsdu...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> There are no swapped-argument versions of these methods (to be used when >>> the left argument does not support the operation but the right argument >>> does); rather, __lt__() and __gt__() are each other’s reflection, __le__() >>> and __ge__() are each other’s reflection, and __eq__() and __ne__() are >>> their own reflection. >> >> But shouldn't __lt__ be the reflection or __ge__ and __gt__ the >> reflection of __le__? > > lt is the negation of ge, but it's the reflection of gt. Consider this: > > 1 < 2 > 2 > 1 > > If Python can't ask 1 if it's less than 2, it'll ask 2 if it's greater than 1.
Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up! Best regards, Joe -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
