#17890: Remove _(rich)cmp_c_impl
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.6
Component: cython | Resolution:
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Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Reviewers:
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u/jdemeyer/ticket/17890 | 17bd067153ad40ced061147390687f514a7f7cba
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Comment (by vdelecroix):
Replying to [comment:35 jdemeyer]:
> Replying to [comment:34 vdelecroix]:
> > Call it whatever you want: `cmp(a1,a2)` (same type) calls `__cmp__`
but `cmp(a,b)` (different types) does not and use `__richcmp__` instead.
The consequence is that you might perform three times the coercion while
calling `cmp` with elements with different parents!
>
> I agree. Unfortunately this is general Python behaviour and not
something this ticket can fix.
It needs to be emphasized in the doc then. We should try hard to avoid
`cmp(x,y)`!
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