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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index c29c34f..e41697d 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1805,12 +1805,15 @@ Basic customization rather, :meth:`__lt__` and :meth:`__gt__` are each other's reflection, :meth:`__le__` and :meth:`__ge__` are each other's reflection, and :meth:`__eq__` and :meth:`__ne__` are their own reflection. - If the operands are of different types, and right operand's type is + If the operands are of different types, and the right operand's type is a direct or indirect subclass of the left operand's type, the reflected method of the right operand has priority, otherwise the left operand's method has priority. Virtual subclassing is not considered. + When no appropriate method returns any value other than :data:`NotImplemented`, the + ``==`` and ``!=`` operators will fall back to ``is`` and ``is not``, respectively. + .. method:: object.__hash__(self) .. index:: |