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| Date | 2013-05-13 19:22 -0400 |
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| From | Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> |
| Subject | Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 05/13/2013 06:53 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 13/05/2013 22:17, Alister wrote: >> On Mon, 13 May 2013 19:28:29 +0100, Fábio Santos wrote: >> >>> I think it is more readable. When doing more complicated statements I >>> use != instead, but when it's a single test I prefer not … == >>> >>> It's a personal thing. It may also have to do with the fact that I >>> didn't know python had != when I was a novice. >>> On 13 May 2013 19:08, "Ned Batchelder" <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: >>> >> >> I would then still write it as not (x == y) to make it clear to myself & >> avoid any possible confusion although I think that X != Y is much >> cleaner. >> 2 lines from the zen stand out here:- >> >> Explicit is better than implicit. >> in the face of ambiguity refuse the temptation to guess. >> >> there are many features of Python (& other languages) i did not now when >> I started but have adopted once I understood what they were & how they >> worked. then again use what you are most comfortable with. >> >> Practicality beats purity >> > > I much prefer the alternative <> for != but some silly people insisted > that this be removed from Python3. Just how stupid can you get? > So which special methods should the <> operator call? By rights it ought to call both __gt__ and __lt__ and return True if either of them is True. -- DaveA
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Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] "Mr. Joe" <titanix88@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 05:23 +0600
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-13 09:59 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 18:26 +0100
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-13 14:08 -0400
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 04:15 +1000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 19:28 +0100
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-13 21:17 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 22:48 +0100
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-05-13 23:53 +0100
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-13 19:22 -0400
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-14 05:09 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-14 19:01 -0400
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-15 00:15 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-14 22:20 -0400
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 18:27 -0500
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 17:32 -0600
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-14 05:21 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-15 14:41 +0000
Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 17:31 +1000
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