On 2013-09-12, Markus Rother <pyt...@markusrother.de> wrote: > On 11.09.2013 23:15, Ethan Furman wrote: >> On 09/11/2013 01:41 PM, Markus Rother wrote: >>> >>> () == [] >>> False >>> >>> But: >>> >>> >>> bool(().__eq__([])) >>> True >> >> This is not a trap, this is simply the wrong way to do it. The magic >> methods (aka dunder methods) are there for Python to call, not you >> (except under special circumstances, such as when writing your own >> dunder methods). > > While trying to do it, I learned that its not the right way to do it. > However, I was not satisfied with the fact, that there is no built in > pure function for operations on primitives. Such that > >>>> def get_do_stuff (fn): > ... def do_stuff(x,y): > ... return fn(x,y) > ... return do_stuff > > I understand that python is not a functional language, but it > frustrates me at times.
>>> import operator >>> equal = get_do_stuff(operator.eq)(7, 7.0) True -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
