Re: [Python-Dev] Assumed reflexivity of rich comparison operators

2008-06-06 Thread Jared Flatow
On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:24 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jared Flatow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: PEP 207 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0207/) states in the fourth clause of the proposed resolutions to concerns: "The reflexivity rules *are* assumed by Python.

Re: [Python-Dev] Assumed reflexivity of rich comparison operators

2008-06-06 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Jared Flatow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PEP 207 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0207/) states in the fourth > clause of the proposed resolutions to concerns: > > "The reflexivity rules *are* assumed by Python. Thus, the interpreter may > swap y>x with x=x with

[Python-Dev] Assumed reflexivity of rich comparison operators

2008-06-06 Thread Jared Flatow
Hi all, PEP 207 (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0207/) states in the fourth clause of the proposed resolutions to concerns: "The reflexivity rules *are* assumed by Python. Thus, the interpreter may swap y>x with x=x with x<=y, and may swap the arguments of x==y and x!=y." However,