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Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:27:58 +1100
Subject: Re: Deep comparison of dicts - cmp() versus ==?
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wr=
ote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Real numbers, yes [=E2=80=A6] but not IEEE floating point. Be careful of=
 that
>> distinction; we're talking about computers here, not mythical numbers.
>
> So real numbers are mythical? IEEE floating point values are more real
> than real numbers? Just what are you saying, man?

Poor choice of words. Not "mythical", but "theoretical". Comparisons
in Python are between actual representable numbers, not some
theoretical entire range of reals. Python operators and operations are
not defined in terms of real numbers, but objects.

ChrisA