josh logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >sorted(P) # throws TypeError: unorderable types Player() < Player() > >The sorted function works when I define __lt__. >I must be misreading the documentation, because I read for the >documentation __cmp__ that it is called if none of the other rich >comparison functions are defined.
You're either misreading or forgetting that __eq__ and __ne__, which you define, are rich comparison functions. __cmp__ will only be called for a comparison when *none* of the rich comparison functions are defined, not just the one in question. -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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