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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index f46cdc9..c51f514 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -933,6 +933,17 @@ instances are compared by object identity (``address''). \index{comparisons} \end{methoddesc} +\begin{methoddesc}[object]{__rcmp__}{self, other} +Called by all comparison operations. Should return a negative integer if +\code{self < other}, zero if \code{self == other}, a positive integer if +\code{self > other}. If no \method{__cmp__()} operation is defined, class +instances are compared by object identity (``address''). +(Note: the restriction that exceptions are not propagated by +\method{__cmp__()} has been removed in Python 1.5.) +\bifuncindex{cmp} +\index{comparisons} +\end{methoddesc} + \begin{methoddesc}[object]{__hash__}{self} Called for the key object for dictionary\obindex{dictionary} operations, and by the built-in function @@ -1201,7 +1212,7 @@ complicated). \methodline[numeric object]{__abs__}{self} \methodline[numeric object]{__invert__}{self} Called to implement the unary arithmetic operations (\code{-}, \code{+}, -\function{abs()}\bifuncindex{abs} and \code{~}). +\function{abs()}\bifuncindex{abs} and \code{\~{}}). \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[numeric object]{__complex__}{self} |