Op 2005-06-08, Mahesh schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, why should Python assume that if you use != without supplying a > __ne__ that this is what you want? Without direction it will compare > the two objects which is the default behavior. > > So, s != t is True because the ids of the two objects are different. > The same applies to, for example s > t and s < t. Do you want Python to > be smart and deduce that you want to compare one variable within the > object if you don't create __gt__ and __lt__? I do not want Python to > do that.
Python is already smart. It deduces what you want with the += operator even if you haven't defined an __iadd__ method. If python can be smart with that, I don't see python being smart with !=. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
