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-rw-r--r--Include/code.h2
-rw-r--r--Include/object.h2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS8
-rw-r--r--Objects/object.c37
-rw-r--r--Objects/typeobject.c13
5 files changed, 24 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Include/code.h b/Include/code.h
index 40cce18..d738d8d 100644
--- a/Include/code.h
+++ b/Include/code.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ typedef struct {
PyObject *co_varnames; /* tuple of strings (local variable names) */
PyObject *co_freevars; /* tuple of strings (free variable names) */
PyObject *co_cellvars; /* tuple of strings (cell variable names) */
- /* The rest doesn't count for hash/cmp */
+ /* The rest doesn't count for hash or comparisons */
PyObject *co_filename; /* unicode (where it was loaded from) */
PyObject *co_name; /* unicode (name, for reference) */
int co_firstlineno; /* first source line number */
diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index b1391ca..30538b5 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -426,10 +426,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Repr(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Str(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_ASCII(PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *);
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_Compare(PyObject *, PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *, PyObject *, int);
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) Py_CmpToRich(int op, int cmp);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_GetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_SetAttrString(PyObject *, const char *, PyObject *);
PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *, const char *);
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bcc444a..dca530c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
Core and Builtins
-----------------
-- Issue #1717: Remove builtin cmp() function, C-API functions
- PyObject_Cmp and PyObject_Compare, and the support function
- Py_CmpToRich.
+- Issue #1717: Removed builtin cmp() function, dropped tp_compare
+ slot, the C API functions PyObject_Compare and PyUnicode_Compare and
+ the type definition cmpfunc. The tp_compare slot is reserved for
+ future usage. An attempt to initialize a type with a nonzero
+ tp_compare slot will raise TypeError.
- Issue #4707: round(x, n) now returns an integer if x is an integer.
Previously it returned a float.
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 85dbd28..49c9852 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -500,35 +500,19 @@ PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *v)
return PyBytes_FromObject(v);
}
-/* The new comparison philosophy is: we completely separate three-way
- comparison from rich comparison. That is, PyObject_Compare() and
- PyObject_Cmp() *just* use the tp_compare slot. And PyObject_RichCompare()
- and PyObject_RichCompareBool() *just* use the tp_richcompare slot.
+/* For Python 3.0.1 and later, the old three-way comparison has been
+ completely removed in favour of rich comparisons. PyObject_Compare() and
+ PyObject_Cmp() are gone, and the builtin cmp function no longer exists.
+ The old tp_compare slot will be renamed to tp_reserved, and should no
+ longer be used. Use tp_richcompare instead.
See (*) below for practical amendments.
- IOW, only cmp() uses tp_compare; the comparison operators (==, !=, <=, <,
- >=, >) only use tp_richcompare. Note that list.sort() only uses <.
+ tp_richcompare gets called with a first argument of the appropriate type
+ and a second object of an arbitrary type. We never do any kind of
+ coercion.
- (And yes, eventually we'll rip out cmp() and tp_compare.)
-
- The calling conventions are different: tp_compare only gets called with two
- objects of the appropriate type; tp_richcompare gets called with a first
- argument of the appropriate type and a second object of an arbitrary type.
- We never do any kind of coercion.
-
- The return conventions are also different.
-
- The tp_compare slot should return a C int, as follows:
-
- -1 if a < b or if an exception occurred
- 0 if a == b
- +1 if a > b
-
- No other return values are allowed. PyObject_Compare() has the same
- calling convention.
-
- The tp_richcompare slot should return an object, as follows:
+ The tp_richcompare slot should return an object, as follows:
NULL if an exception occurred
NotImplemented if the requested comparison is not implemented
@@ -544,9 +528,6 @@ PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *v)
comparing the object pointer (i.e. falling back to the base object
implementation).
- - If three-way comparison is not implemented, it falls back on rich
- comparison (but not the other way around!).
-
*/
/* Map rich comparison operators to their swapped version, e.g. LT <--> GT */
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 3f1df8d..c6d6fc8 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3662,7 +3662,7 @@ inherit_slots(PyTypeObject *type, PyTypeObject *base)
type->tp_setattr = base->tp_setattr;
type->tp_setattro = base->tp_setattro;
}
- /* tp_compare see tp_richcompare */
+ /* tp_compare is ignored, see tp_richcompare */
COPYSLOT(tp_repr);
/* tp_hash see tp_richcompare */
COPYSLOT(tp_call);
@@ -3670,12 +3670,10 @@ inherit_slots(PyTypeObject *type, PyTypeObject *base)
{
/* Copy comparison-related slots only when
not overriding them anywhere */
- if (type->tp_compare == NULL &&
- type->tp_richcompare == NULL &&
+ if (type->tp_richcompare == NULL &&
type->tp_hash == NULL &&
!overrides_hash(type))
{
- type->tp_compare = base->tp_compare;
type->tp_richcompare = base->tp_richcompare;
type->tp_hash = base->tp_hash;
}
@@ -3888,6 +3886,13 @@ PyType_Ready(PyTypeObject *type)
goto error;
}
+ /* Check reserved slots */
+ if (type->tp_compare) {
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+ "type %s has tp_compare",
+ type->tp_name);
+ }
+
/* All done -- set the ready flag */
assert(type->tp_dict != NULL);
type->tp_flags =