In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Tim Peters wrote:
>
>> See the Python (language, not library) reference manual, section 3.3.8
>> ("Coercion rules"), bullet point starting with:
>>
>> Exception to the previous item: if the left operand is an
>> instance of a built-in type or a new-style class, and the right
>> operand is an instance of a proper subclass of that type or
>> class, ...
>
>So that is settled then. Not the most likely place to investigate when one
>has just read that "Arguments to rich comparison methods are never coerced"
>in 3.3.1 ("Basic customization"), though.
At some point Python will cease to be a simple language.
Regards. Mel.
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