Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3
Date	2016-04-07 12:26 -0700
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:
> First off, what does it actually *mean* to have a tree with numbers
> and keys as strings? Are they ever equal? Are all integers deemed
> lower than all strings? Something else?

If the AVL tree's purpose is to be an alternative lookup structure to
Python's hash-based dictionaries, then it doesn't really matter what the
ordering between values is, as long as it's deterministic.

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Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-07 12:26 -0700
  Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-07 22:32 +0300
    Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-07 14:15 -0700
      Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 07:22 +0300
        Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-04-08 02:20 -0400
          Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 09:53 +0300
            Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-08 00:03 -0700
              Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 10:40 +0300
                Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-08 01:43 -0700
    Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 07:17 +0300
      Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 22:37 -0600
        Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-04-08 08:00 +0300
    Re: how to convert code that uses cmp to python3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2016-04-08 02:12 -0400

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