Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3

From	Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3
Date	2016-04-09 17:54 +0300
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Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be>:

> Now this probably is not a problem most of the times, but when you
> work with tree's this kind of comparison to make a three way decision
> happens often and the lower you descend in the tree, the close your
> argument will be with the keys of the nodes you visit, making it more
> and more probable, you have a large common prefix.

Yes.

> So in these circumstances it is more likely to be problematic.

I don't believe so.


Marko

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Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-04-09 16:25 +0200
  Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-09 17:54 +0300

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