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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-12-06 08:14:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-12-06 08:14:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 40c509d0b69ad9839601c7f3e37d9766070e5a9e (patch) | |
| tree | 190132af25eaa7cb048e0f6575834ab1d9ca07fe /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | d2aa7e66270708a580ad166fa02f7c0f05249084 (diff) | |
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cmp() is not really gone.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst index 68e8c5a..f2d9362 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst @@ -189,12 +189,11 @@ Python 3.0 has simplified the rules for ordering comparisons: argument instead. N.B. the *key* and *reverse* arguments are now "keyword-only". -* The :func:`cmp` function is gone, and the :meth:`__cmp__` special - method is no longer supported. Use :meth:`__lt__` for sorting, - :meth:`__eq__` with :meth:`__hash__`, and other rich comparisons as - needed. (If you really need the :func:`cmp` functionality, you - could use the expression ``(a > b) - (a < b)`` as the equivalent for - ``cmp(a, b)``.) +* The :func:`cmp` function should be treated as gone, and the :meth:`__cmp__` + special method is no longer supported. Use :meth:`__lt__` for sorting, + :meth:`__eq__` with :meth:`__hash__`, and other rich comparisons as needed. + (If you really need the :func:`cmp` functionality, you could use the + expression ``(a > b) - (a < b)`` as the equivalent for ``cmp(a, b)``.) Integers -------- |