Get rid of most of the remaining uses of <>. There's still Tools/* thogh.

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
index bad4609..f82d9ce 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref2.tex
@@ -689,13 +689,9 @@ The following tokens are operators:
 \begin{verbatim}
 +       -       *       **      /       //      %
 <<      >>      &       |       ^       ~
-<       >       <=      >=      ==      !=      <>
+<       >       <=      >=      ==      !=
 \end{verbatim}
 
-The comparison operators \code{<>} and \code{!=} are alternate
-spellings of the same operator.  \code{!=} is the preferred spelling;
-\code{<>} is obsolescent.
-
 
 \section{Delimiters\label{delimiters}}
 
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index f53dbe3..362d769 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -1243,8 +1243,7 @@ follows:
 \code{\var{x}<\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__lt__(\var{y})},
 \code{\var{x}<=\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__le__(\var{y})},
 \code{\var{x}==\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__eq__(\var{y})},
-\code{\var{x}!=\var{y}} and \code{\var{x}<>\var{y}} call
-\code{\var{x}.__ne__(\var{y})},
+\code{\var{x}!=\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__ne__(\var{y})},
 \code{\var{x}>\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__gt__(\var{y})}, and
 \code{\var{x}>=\var{y}} calls \code{\var{x}.__ge__(\var{y})}.
 These methods can return any value, but if the comparison operator is
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index 52bb57f..34a827c 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ interpretation that is conventional in mathematics:
   \production{comparison}
              {\token{or_expr} ( \token{comp_operator} \token{or_expr} )*}
   \production{comp_operator}
-             {"<" | ">" | "==" | ">=" | "<=" | "<>" | "!="}
+             {"<" | ">" | "==" | ">=" | "<=" | "!="}
   \productioncont{| "is" ["not"] | ["not"] "in"}
 \end{productionlist}
 
@@ -854,11 +854,6 @@ Note that \var{a opa b opb c} doesn't imply any kind of comparison
 between \var{a} and \var{c}, so that, e.g., \code{x < y > z} is
 perfectly legal (though perhaps not pretty).
 
-The forms \code{<>} and \code{!=} are equivalent; for consistency with
-C, \code{!=} is preferred; where \code{!=} is mentioned below
-\code{<>} is also accepted.  The \code{<>} spelling is considered
-obsolescent.
-
 The operators \code{<}, \code{>}, \code{==}, \code{>=}, \code{<=}, and
 \code{!=} compare
 the values of two objects.  The objects need not have the same type.
@@ -1111,7 +1106,7 @@ have the same precedence and chain from left to right --- see section
     \lineii{\keyword{in}, \keyword{not} \keyword{in}}{Membership tests}
     \lineii{\keyword{is}, \keyword{is not}}{Identity tests}
     \lineii{\code{<}, \code{<=}, \code{>}, \code{>=},
-            \code{<>}, \code{!=}, \code{==}}
+            \code{!=}, \code{==}}
 	   {Comparisons}
   \hline
     \lineii{\code{|}}				{Bitwise OR}