"Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Even in 2.x it doesn't work (I think I posted this earlier but I'm not >> sure anymore) as this example shows: >> >> 2 < 3j and 3j < True, but True < 2 > > What specific value of x have you been trying? For x=4,5,6, I get > > py> 2 < 3j and 3j < True > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > TypeError: no ordering relation is defined for complex numbers > > Regards, > Martin
My example was using the comp function defined by Kay: >> def comp(x1, x2): >> try: >> if x1<x2: >> return -1 >> else: >> return 1 >> except TypeError: >> if str(x1)<str(x2): >> return -1 >> else: >> return 1 It just shows that it doesn't define an order for builtin types. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
