On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:59:12 -0800, TomF wrote: > I'm aggravated by this behavior in python: > > x = "4" > print x < 7 # prints False > I can't imagine why this design decision was made.
You've never needed to deal with an heterogeneous list? data = ["Fred", "Barney", 2, 1, None] data.sort() Nevertheless, I agree that in hindsight, the ability to sort such lists is not as important as the consistency of comparisons. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
