Gabriel Genellina wrote:
En Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:42 -0300, Ethan Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
escribi�:
Greetings, List!
Still working on my Measure class, and my next question is... (drum
roll please ;)
What are the advantages of using __[eq|ne|lt|gt|le|ge]__ vs __cmp__?
If your objects obey the trichotomy law (an object MUST BE less than,
greater than, or equal to another one, and there is no other
possibility) then __cmp__ is enough, and easier to define than all the
rich comparison operations.
In other cases, __cmp__ is not suitable: by example, complex numbers
can't define "greater than" [in a way that preserves the meaning for
real numbers]; you can only use "equal" or "not equal". You can't use
__cmp__ for this, because it *has* to return either >0 or <0 (implying
"greater than" or "less than"). In this case it's best to use the rich
comparison operators: define __eq__ and __ne__ and make all other
comparisons between complex numbers raise an exception.
That's exactly the information I needed. Thanks!
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