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Subject: comparison between non-comparable objects
From: Kelvin Li <ltwisabc@gmail.com>
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:36413

The language reference says:

"...the choice whether one object [of built-in type] is considered
smaller or larger than another one is made arbitrarily..."

but that seems to be Python 2 behavior; Python 3 apparently raises a
TypeError. Does the documentation need updating?

Thanks,
Kelvin