Re: Booleans and comparison results
 

Roman Suzi wrote:
> Just a thought. Why cmp() returns -1,0,1 while comparison
> results are False and True? Isn't it logical step to add
> Less, Equal and More?
>
> >>> cmp(1,2)
> Less
> >>> cmp(1,-1)
> More
> >>> cmp(1,1)
> Equal

Well, "Less" is not always the right term:

cmp("", " ")

Is "" less than " "? I don't think so: I think that for non-numbers, "Less"
and "More" may be misleading/incorrect. I like the idea though ;)

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Re: Booleans and comparison results
 

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> Is "" less than " "? I don't think so: I think that for non-numbers, "Less"
> and "More" may be misleading/incorrect. I like the idea though ;)

Maybe "Before" and "After"?

Or "Preceding" and... er... um... "Postceding"?

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