In article <mailman.1479.1305217887.9059.python-l...@python.org>, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> > [http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html] > > Objects of different types, except different numeric types and different > > string types, never compare equal > > This part of the documentation is talking about built-in types, which > your MyList is not. > > > > [http://docs.python.org/release/2.7/reference/expressions.html#notin] > > objects of different types *always* compare unequal > > Should probably have the word 'built-in' precede 'types' here, since > constructed objects can do whatever they have been told to do. Changing the docs (in numerous places) to make it clear that this is only true of built-in types would indeed resolve the problem. As it reads now, it's a general statement about ALL types, built-in or user-defined. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
