<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">From 47b9ff6ba11fab4c90556357c437cb4feec1e853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum &lt;guido@python.org&gt;
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:41:19 +0000
Subject: Restructure comparison dramatically.  There is no longer a default
 *ordering* between objects; there is only a default equality test (defined by
 an object being equal to itself only).  Read the comment in object.c.  The
 current implementation never uses a three-way comparison to compute a rich
 comparison, but it does use a rich comparison to compute a three-way
 comparison.  I'm not quite done ripping out all the calls to
 PyObject_Compare/Cmp, or replacing tp_compare implementations with
 tp_richcompare implementations; but much of that has happened (to make most
 unit tests pass).

The following tests still fail, because I need help deciding
or understanding:

test_codeop -- depends on comparing code objects
test_datetime -- need Tim Peters' opinion
test_marshal -- depends on comparing code objects
test_mutants -- need help understanding it

The problem with test_codeop and test_marshal is this: these tests
compare two different code objects and expect them to be equal.
Is that still a feature we'd like to support?  I've temporarily
removed the comparison and hash code from code objects, so they
use the default (equality by pointer only) comparison.

For the other two tests, run them to see for yourself.
(There may be more failing test with "-u all".)

A general problem with getting lots of these tests to pass is
the reality that for object types that have a natural total ordering,
implementing __cmp__ is much more convenient than implementing
__eq__, __ne__, __lt__, and so on.  Should we go back to allowing
__cmp__ to provide a total ordering?  Should we provide some other
way to implement rich comparison with a single method override?
Alex proposed a __key__() method; I've considered a __richcmp__()
method.  Or perhaps __cmp__() just shouldn't be killed off...
---
 Include/object.h                         |   1 +
 Lib/StringIO.py                          |   4 +-
 Lib/UserDict.py                          |  21 +-
 Lib/UserString.py                        |  32 +-
 Lib/ctypes/test/test_simplesubclasses.py |   6 +-
 Lib/decimal.py                           |  21 ++
 Lib/distutils/version.py                 |  39 ++-
 Lib/doctest.py                           |   9 +-
 Lib/optparse.py                          |   8 +-
 Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py                 |   8 +-
 Lib/pprint.py                            |   7 +-
 Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py                |   6 +
 Lib/test/mapping_tests.py                |  25 +-
 Lib/test/output/test_class               |  20 +-
 Lib/test/pickletester.py                 |   4 +-
 Lib/test/test_bisect.py                  |   7 +-
 Lib/test/test_buffer.py                  |  44 +++
 Lib/test/test_builtin.py                 |  20 +-
 Lib/test/test_calendar.py                |   2 +-
 Lib/test/test_cgi.py                     |  18 +-
 Lib/test/test_class.py                   |  24 ++
 Lib/test/test_compare.py                 |   6 +-
 Lib/test/test_copy.py                    |  70 ++--
 Lib/test/test_decimal.py                 |   4 +-
 Lib/test/test_descr.py                   |  83 +++--
 Lib/test/test_descrtut.py                |   5 +-
 Lib/test/test_dict.py                    |  11 +-
 Lib/test/test_grammar.py                 |   4 +-
 Lib/test/test_heapq.py                   |   3 +-
 Lib/test/test_itertools.py               |   6 +-
 Lib/test/test_mutants.py                 |   9 +-
 Lib/test/test_operations.py              |   4 +-
 Lib/test/test_set.py                     |  23 +-
 Lib/test/test_sets.py                    |  15 +-
 Lib/test/test_slice.py                   |   6 +-
 Lib/test/test_sort.py                    |   6 +-
 Lib/test/test_support.py                 |   4 +-
 Lib/test/test_types.py                   |   1 -
 Lib/test/test_userdict.py                |   2 +-
 Lib/test/test_weakref.py                 |   6 +
 Lib/uuid.py                              |  33 +-
 Lib/xmlrpclib.py                         |  71 +---
 Modules/threadmodule.c                   |   2 +
 Objects/bufferobject.c                   |  74 ++++-
 Objects/cellobject.c                     |  14 +-
 Objects/classobject.c                    | 100 +++---
 Objects/codeobject.c                     |  15 +-
 Objects/dictobject.c                     | 166 ++--------
 Objects/intobject.c                      |  15 +-
 Objects/listobject.c                     |  22 +-
 Objects/longobject.c                     |  14 +-
 Objects/methodobject.c                   |  36 +-
 Objects/object.c                         | 552 ++++++++++---------------------
 Objects/sliceobject.c                    |  70 ++--
 Objects/typeobject.c                     |  40 ++-
 Objects/weakrefobject.c                  |  22 +-
 Python/bltinmodule.c                     |  28 +-
 57 files changed, 969 insertions(+), 899 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Lib/test/test_buffer.py

diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index ab42f8a..30f0bec 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyObject_Unicode(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/Lib/StringIO.py b/Lib/StringIO.py
index 1e5f254..7d57d80 100644
--- a/Lib/StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/StringIO.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class StringIO:
         _complain_ifclosed(self.closed)
         return self.pos
 
-    def read(self, n = -1):
+    def read(self, n=None):
         """Read at most size bytes from the file
         (less if the read hits EOF before obtaining size bytes).
 
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ class StringIO:
         if self.buflist:
             self.buf += ''.join(self.buflist)
             self.buflist = []
+        if n is None:
+            n = -1
         if n &lt; 0:
             newpos = self.len
         else:
diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
index b560a11..1190221 100644
--- a/Lib/UserDict.py
+++ b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ class UserDict:
         if len(kwargs):
             self.update(kwargs)
     def __repr__(self): return repr(self.data)
-    def __cmp__(self, dict):
+    def __eq__(self, dict):
         if isinstance(dict, UserDict):
-            return cmp(self.data, dict.data)
+            return self.data == dict.data
         else:
-            return cmp(self.data, dict)
+            return self.data == dict
+    def __ne__(self, dict):
+        if isinstance(dict, UserDict):
+            return self.data != dict.data
+        else:
+            return self.data != dict
     def __len__(self): return len(self.data)
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         if key in self.data:
@@ -162,11 +167,13 @@ class DictMixin:
             return default
     def __repr__(self):
         return repr(dict(self.iteritems()))
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
-        if other is None:
-            return 1
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, DictMixin):
+            other = dict(other.iteritems())
+        return dict(self.iteritems()) == other
+    def __ne__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, DictMixin):
             other = dict(other.iteritems())
-        return cmp(dict(self.iteritems()), other)
+        return dict(self.iteritems()) != other
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.keys())
diff --git a/Lib/UserString.py b/Lib/UserString.py
index 60dc34b..271026c 100755
--- a/Lib/UserString.py
+++ b/Lib/UserString.py
@@ -25,11 +25,37 @@ class UserString:
     def __complex__(self): return complex(self.data)
     def __hash__(self): return hash(self.data)
 
-    def __cmp__(self, string):
+    def __eq__(self, string):
         if isinstance(string, UserString):
-            return cmp(self.data, string.data)
+            return self.data == string.data
         else:
-            return cmp(self.data, string)
+            return self.data == string
+    def __ne__(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, UserString):
+            return self.data != string.data
+        else:
+            return self.data != string
+    def __lt__(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, UserString):
+            return self.data &lt; string.data
+        else:
+            return self.data &lt; string
+    def __le__(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, UserString):
+            return self.data &lt;= string.data
+        else:
+            return self.data &lt;= string
+    def __gt__(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, UserString):
+            return self.data &gt; string.data
+        else:
+            return self.data &gt; string
+    def __ge__(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, UserString):
+            return self.data &gt;= string.data
+        else:
+            return self.data &gt;= string
+
     def __contains__(self, char):
         return char in self.data
 
diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_simplesubclasses.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_simplesubclasses.py
index 7155170..420c0a0 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_simplesubclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_simplesubclasses.py
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ import unittest
 from ctypes import *
 
 class MyInt(c_int):
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if type(other) != MyInt:
-            return -1
-        return cmp(self.value, other.value)
+            return NotImplementedError
+        return self.value == other.value
 
 class Test(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 210db52..a8fde82 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -706,6 +706,26 @@ class Decimal(object):
             return NotImplemented
         return self.__cmp__(other) != 0
 
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, (Decimal, int, long)):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self.__cmp__(other) &lt; 0
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, (Decimal, int, long)):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self.__cmp__(other) &lt;= 0
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, (Decimal, int, long)):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self.__cmp__(other) &gt; 0
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, (Decimal, int, long)):
+            return NotImplemented
+        return self.__cmp__(other) &gt;= 0
+
     def compare(self, other, context=None):
         """Compares one to another.
 
@@ -1894,6 +1914,7 @@ class Decimal(object):
             ans = self._check_nans(context=context)
             if ans:
                 return ans
+            return self
         if self._exp &gt;= 0:
             return self
         if context is None:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/version.py b/Lib/distutils/version.py
index 71a5614..2cd3636 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/version.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/version.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ from types import StringType
 class Version:
     """Abstract base class for version numbering classes.  Just provides
     constructor (__init__) and reproducer (__repr__), because those
-    seem to be the same for all version numbering classes.
+    seem to be the same for all version numbering classes; and route
+    rich comparisons to __cmp__.
     """
 
     def __init__ (self, vstring=None):
@@ -42,6 +43,42 @@ class Version:
     def __repr__ (self):
         return "%s ('%s')" % (self.__class__.__name__, str(self))
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c == 0
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c != 0
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c &lt; 0
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c &lt;= 0
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c &gt; 0
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        c = self.__cmp__(other)
+        if c is NotImplemented:
+            return c
+        return c &gt;= 0
+
 
 # Interface for version-number classes -- must be implemented
 # by the following classes (the concrete ones -- Version should
diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index fe734b3..2774ec1 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -469,11 +469,12 @@ class DocTest:
 
 
     # This lets us sort tests by name:
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __lt__(self, other):
         if not isinstance(other, DocTest):
-            return -1
-        return cmp((self.name, self.filename, self.lineno, id(self)),
-                   (other.name, other.filename, other.lineno, id(other)))
+            return NotImplemented
+        return ((self.name, self.filename, self.lineno, id(self))
+                &lt;
+                (other.name, other.filename, other.lineno, id(other)))
 
 ######################################################################
 ## 3. DocTestParser
diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 0972f74..f8f643d 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -838,13 +838,13 @@ class Values:
 
     __repr__ = _repr
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Values):
-            return cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__)
+            return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
         elif isinstance(other, types.DictType):
-            return cmp(self.__dict__, other)
+            return self.__dict__ == other
         else:
-            return -1
+            return NotImplemented
 
     def _update_careful(self, dict):
         """
diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
index 49bd556..f91f1d3 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/plistlib.py
@@ -374,13 +374,13 @@ class Data:
     def asBase64(self, maxlinelength=76):
         return _encodeBase64(self.data, maxlinelength)
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
-            return cmp(self.data, other.data)
+            return self.data == other.data
         elif isinstance(other, str):
-            return cmp(self.data, other)
+            return self.data == other
         else:
-            return cmp(id(self), id(other))
+            return id(self) == id(other)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "%s(%s)" % (self.__class__.__name__, repr(self.data))
diff --git a/Lib/pprint.py b/Lib/pprint.py
index 19a3dc2..97135eb 100644
--- a/Lib/pprint.py
+++ b/Lib/pprint.py
@@ -246,7 +246,12 @@ def _safe_repr(object, context, maxlevels, level):
         append = components.append
         level += 1
         saferepr = _safe_repr
-        for k, v in sorted(object.items()):
+        items = object.items()
+        try:
+            items = sorted(items)
+        except TypeError:
+            items = sorted(items, key=lambda (k, v): (str(type(k)), k, v))
+        for k, v in items:
             krepr, kreadable, krecur = saferepr(k, context, maxlevels, level)
             vrepr, vreadable, vrecur = saferepr(v, context, maxlevels, level)
             append("%s: %s" % (krepr, vrepr))
diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
index 8da5722..9a11f5c 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ class DeclTypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
             else:
                 return 1
 
+        def __eq__(self, other):
+            c = self.__cmp__(other)
+            if c is NotImplemented:
+                return c
+            return c == 0
+
         def __conform__(self, protocol):
             if protocol is sqlite.PrepareProtocol:
                 return self.val
diff --git a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
index b917540..15f9add 100644
--- a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ class BasicTestMappingProtocol(unittest.TestCase):
         for k in self.other:
             self.failIf(k in d)
         #cmp
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(p,p), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(d,d), 0)
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(p,d), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(d,p), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(p, p)
+        self.assertEqual(d, d)
+        self.assertNotEqual(p, d)
+        self.assertNotEqual(d, p)
         #__non__zero__
         if p: self.fail("Empty mapping must compare to False")
         if not d: self.fail("Full mapping must compare to True")
@@ -623,9 +623,10 @@ class TestHashMappingProtocol(TestMappingProtocol):
         d = self._full_mapping({1: BadRepr()})
         self.assertRaises(Exc, repr, d)
 
-    def test_le(self):
-        self.assert_(not (self._empty_mapping() &lt; self._empty_mapping()))
-        self.assert_(not (self._full_mapping({1: 2}) &lt; self._full_mapping({1L: 2L})))
+    def test_eq(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._empty_mapping(), self._empty_mapping())
+        self.assertEqual(self._full_mapping({1: 2}),
+                         self._full_mapping({1L: 2L}))
 
         class Exc(Exception): pass
 
@@ -633,16 +634,12 @@ class TestHashMappingProtocol(TestMappingProtocol):
             def __eq__(self, other):
                 raise Exc()
             def __hash__(self):
-                return 42
+                return 1
 
         d1 = self._full_mapping({BadCmp(): 1})
         d2 = self._full_mapping({1: 1})
-        try:
-            d1 &lt; d2
-        except Exc:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail("&lt; didn't raise Exc")
+        self.assertRaises(Exc, lambda: BadCmp()==1)
+        self.assertRaises(Exc, lambda: d1==d2)
 
     def test_setdefault(self):
         TestMappingProtocol.test_setdefault(self)
diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_class b/Lib/test/output/test_class
index 14d43a8..7d8ab5e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_class
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_class
@@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ __hex__: ()
 __hash__: ()
 __repr__: ()
 __str__: ()
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
-__cmp__: (1,)
+__eq__: (1,)
+__lt__: (1,)
+__gt__: (1,)
+__ne__: (1,)
+__ne__: (1,)
+__eq__: (1,)
+__gt__: (1,)
+__lt__: (1,)
+__ne__: (1,)
+__ne__: (1,)
 __del__: ()
 __getattr__: ('spam',)
 __setattr__: ('eggs', 'spam, spam, spam and ham')
diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index 42853c4..30c1e7c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class ExtensionSaver:
             copy_reg.add_extension(pair[0], pair[1], code)
 
 class C:
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
-        return cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__)
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
 
 import __main__
 __main__.C = C
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_bisect.py b/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
index 302ff63..772e808 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_bisect.py
@@ -174,8 +174,13 @@ class GetOnly:
 
 class CmpErr:
     "Dummy element that always raises an error during comparison"
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __lt__(self, other):
         raise ZeroDivisionError
+    __gt__ = __lt__
+    __le__ = __lt__
+    __ge__ = __lt__
+    __eq__ = __lt__
+    __ne__ = __lt__
 
 class TestErrorHandling(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_buffer.py b/Lib/test/test_buffer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb6e9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_buffer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""Unit tests for buffer objects.
+
+For now, we just test (the brand new) rich comparison.
+
+"""
+
+import unittest
+from test import test_support
+
+class BufferTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_comparison(self):
+        a = buffer("a.b.c")
+        b = buffer("a.b" + ".c")
+        self.assert_(a == b)
+        self.assert_(a &lt;= b)
+        self.assert_(a &gt;= b)
+        self.assert_(a == "a.b.c")
+        self.assert_(a &lt;= "a.b.c")
+        self.assert_(a &gt;= "a.b.c")
+        b = buffer("a.b.c.d")
+        self.assert_(a != b)
+        self.assert_(a &lt;= b)
+        self.assert_(a &lt; b)
+        self.assert_(a != "a.b.c.d")
+        self.assert_(a &lt; "a.b.c.d")
+        self.assert_(a &lt;= "a.b.c.d")
+        b = buffer("a.b")
+        self.assert_(a != b)
+        self.assert_(a &gt;= b)
+        self.assert_(a &gt; b)
+        self.assert_(a != "a.b")
+        self.assert_(a &gt; "a.b")
+        self.assert_(a &gt;= "a.b")
+        b = object()
+        self.assert_(a != b)
+        self.failIf(a == b)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, lambda: a &lt; b)
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(BufferTests)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index b0dbd4a..d3a272b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, chr, 256)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, chr)
 
-    def test_cmp(self):
+    def XXX_test_cmp(self):
+        # cmp() is no longer supported
         self.assertEqual(cmp(-1, 1), -1)
         self.assertEqual(cmp(1, -1), 1)
         self.assertEqual(cmp(1, 1), 0)
@@ -1132,8 +1133,14 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
             map(None, Squares(3), Squares(2)),
             [(0,0), (1,1), (4,None)]
         )
+        def Max(a, b):
+            if a is None:
+                return b
+            if b is None:
+                return a
+            return max(a, b)
         self.assertEqual(
-            map(max, Squares(3), Squares(2)),
+            map(Max, Squares(3), Squares(2)),
             [0, 1, 4]
         )
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, map)
@@ -1201,7 +1208,7 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         class BadNumber:
             def __cmp__(self, other):
                 raise ValueError
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, min, (42, BadNumber()))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, min, (42, BadNumber()))
 
         for stmt in (
             "min(key=int)",                 # no args
@@ -1379,8 +1386,11 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, range, a, a + 1, long(0))
 
         class badzero(int):
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
+            def __eq__(self, other):
                 raise RuntimeError
+            __ne__ = __lt__ = __gt__ = __le__ = __ge__ = __eq__
+
+        # XXX This won't (but should!) raise RuntimeError if a is an int...
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, range, a, a + 1, badzero(1))
 
         # Reject floats when it would require PyLongs to represent.
@@ -1594,7 +1604,7 @@ class TestSorted(unittest.TestCase):
 
         data.reverse()
         random.shuffle(copy)
-        self.assertEqual(data, sorted(copy, cmp=lambda x, y: cmp(y,x)))
+        self.assertEqual(data, sorted(copy, cmp=lambda x, y: (x &lt; y) - (x &gt; y)))
         self.assertNotEqual(data, copy)
         random.shuffle(copy)
         self.assertEqual(data, sorted(copy, key=lambda x: -x))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
index e414324..893890d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_calendar.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class CalendarTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(calendar.isleap(2003), 0)
 
     def test_setfirstweekday(self):
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, calendar.setfirstweekday, 'flabber')
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, calendar.setfirstweekday, 'flabber')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, calendar.setfirstweekday, -1)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, calendar.setfirstweekday, 200)
         orig = calendar.firstweekday()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
index 8fe487b..f93fa55 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cgi.py
@@ -25,13 +25,11 @@ class ComparableException:
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.err)
 
-    def __cmp__(self, anExc):
+    def __eq__(self, anExc):
         if not isinstance(anExc, Exception):
-            return -1
-        x = cmp(self.err.__class__, anExc.__class__)
-        if x != 0:
-            return x
-        return cmp(self.err.args, anExc.args)
+            return NotImplemented
+        return (self.err.__class__ == anExc.__class__ and
+                self.err.args == anExc.args)
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         return getattr(self.err, attr)
@@ -118,10 +116,10 @@ parse_strict_test_cases = [
       })
     ]
 
-def norm(list):
-    if type(list) == type([]):
-        list.sort()
-    return list
+def norm(seq):
+    if isinstance(seq, list):
+        seq.sort(key=repr)
+    return seq
 
 def first_elts(list):
     return map(lambda x:x[0], list)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_class.py b/Lib/test/test_class.py
index a0b3300..66f4265 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_class.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_class.py
@@ -100,6 +100,30 @@ class AllTests:
         print "__cmp__:", args
         return 0
 
+    def __eq__(self, *args):
+        print "__eq__:", args
+        return True
+
+    def __ne__(self, *args):
+        print "__ne__:", args
+        return False
+
+    def __lt__(self, *args):
+        print "__lt__:", args
+        return False
+
+    def __le__(self, *args):
+        print "__le__:", args
+        return True
+
+    def __gt__(self, *args):
+        print "__gt__:", args
+        return False
+
+    def __ge__(self, *args):
+        print "__ge__:", args
+        return True
+
     def __del__(self, *args):
         print "__del__:", args
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_compare.py b/Lib/test/test_compare.py
index 7c81194..8f38e3b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_compare.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_compare.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class Cmp:
     def __repr__(self):
         return '&lt;Cmp %s&gt;' % self.arg
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
-        return cmp(self.arg, other)
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.arg == other
 
 class ComparisonTest(unittest.TestCase):
     set1 = [2, 2.0, 2L, 2+0j, Cmp(2.0)]
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class ComparisonTest(unittest.TestCase):
             L.insert(len(L)//2, Empty())
         for a in L:
             for b in L:
-                self.assertEqual(cmp(a, b), cmp(id(a), id(b)),
+                self.assertEqual(a == b, id(a) == id(b),
                                  'a=%r, b=%r' % (a, b))
 
 def test_main():
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_copy.py b/Lib/test/test_copy.py
index ff4c987..416a755 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_copy.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_copy.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         class C:
             def __init__(self, foo):
                 self.foo = foo
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __copy__(self):
                 return C(self.foo)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __getinitargs__(self):
                 return (self.foo,)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __getstate__(self):
                 return {"foo": self.foo}
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __setstate__(self, state):
                 self.foo = state["foo"]
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 return self.foo
             def __setstate__(self, state):
                 self.foo = state
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C(42)
         self.assertEqual(copy.copy(x), x)
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         x = {}
         x['foo'] = x
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
-        self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, cmp, y, x)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, y, x)
         self.assert_(y is not x)
         self.assert_(y['foo'] is y)
         self.assertEqual(len(y), 1)
@@ -319,8 +319,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         class C:
             def __init__(self, foo):
                 self.foo = foo
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
                 return C(copy.deepcopy(self.foo, memo))
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __getinitargs__(self):
                 return (self.foo,)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __getstate__(self):
                 return {"foo": self.foo}
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.foo = foo
             def __setstate__(self, state):
                 self.foo = state["foo"]
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 return self.foo
             def __setstate__(self, state):
                 self.foo = state
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.foo, other.foo)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.foo == other.foo
         x = C([42])
         y = copy.deepcopy(x)
         self.assertEqual(y, x)
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         class C(object):
             def __reduce__(self):
                 return (C, (), self.__dict__)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
         x = C()
         x.foo = [42]
         y = copy.copy(x)
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
                 return (C, (), self.__dict__)
             def __setstate__(self, state):
                 self.__dict__.update(state)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__)
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
         x = C()
         x.foo = [42]
         y = copy.copy(x)
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         class C(list):
             def __reduce__(self):
                 return (C, (), self.__dict__, iter(self))
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return (cmp(list(self), list(other)) or
-                        cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__))
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return (list(self) == list(other) and
+                        self.__dict__ == other.__dict__)
         x = C([[1, 2], 3])
         y = copy.copy(x)
         self.assertEqual(x, y)
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ class TestCopy(unittest.TestCase):
         class C(dict):
             def __reduce__(self):
                 return (C, (), self.__dict__, None, self.iteritems())
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return (cmp(dict(self), list(dict)) or
-                        cmp(self.__dict__, other.__dict__))
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                return (dict(self) == dict(other) and
+                        self.__dict__ == other.__dict__)
         x = C([("foo", [1, 2]), ("bar", 3)])
         y = copy.copy(x)
         self.assertEqual(x, y)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 40c4466..5fef4eb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ class DecimalTest(unittest.TestCase):
         myexceptions = self.getexceptions()
         self.context.clear_flags()
 
-        myexceptions.sort()
-        theirexceptions.sort()
+        myexceptions.sort(key=repr)
+        theirexceptions.sort(key=repr)
 
         self.assertEqual(result, ans,
                          'Incorrect answer for ' + s + ' -- got ' + result)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 00800a7..3fb01e7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def lists():
 
 def dicts():
     if verbose: print "Testing dict operations..."
-    testbinop({1:2}, {2:1}, -1, "cmp(a,b)", "__cmp__")
+    ##testbinop({1:2}, {2:1}, -1, "cmp(a,b)", "__cmp__")
     testbinop({1:2,3:4}, 1, 1, "b in a", "__contains__")
     testbinop({1:2,3:4}, 2, 0, "b in a", "__contains__")
     testbinop({1:2,3:4}, 1, 2, "a[b]", "__getitem__")
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ def spamdicts():
     # This is an ugly hack:
     copy._deepcopy_dispatch[spam.spamdict] = spamdict
 
-    testbinop(spamdict({1:2}), spamdict({2:1}), -1, "cmp(a,b)", "__cmp__")
+    ##testbinop(spamdict({1:2}), spamdict({2:1}), -1, "cmp(a,b)", "__cmp__")
     testbinop(spamdict({1:2,3:4}), 1, 1, "b in a", "__contains__")
     testbinop(spamdict({1:2,3:4}), 2, 0, "b in a", "__contains__")
     testbinop(spamdict({1:2,3:4}), 1, 2, "a[b]", "__getitem__")
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ def specials():
     verify(id(c1) != id(c2))
     hash(c1)
     hash(c2)
-    vereq(cmp(c1, c2), cmp(id(c1), id(c2)))
+    ##vereq(cmp(c1, c2), cmp(id(c1), id(c2)))
     vereq(c1, c1)
     verify(c1 != c2)
     verify(not c1 != c1)
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ def specials():
     verify(id(d1) != id(d2))
     hash(d1)
     hash(d2)
-    vereq(cmp(d1, d2), cmp(id(d1), id(d2)))
+    ##vereq(cmp(d1, d2), cmp(id(d1), id(d2)))
     vereq(d1, d1)
     verify(d1 != d2)
     verify(not d1 != d1)
@@ -1758,21 +1758,21 @@ def specials():
     for i in range(10):
         verify(i in p10)
     verify(10 not in p10)
-    # Safety test for __cmp__
-    def unsafecmp(a, b):
-        try:
-            a.__class__.__cmp__(a, b)
-        except TypeError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            raise TestFailed, "shouldn't allow %s.__cmp__(%r, %r)" % (
-                a.__class__, a, b)
-    unsafecmp(u"123", "123")
-    unsafecmp("123", u"123")
-    unsafecmp(1, 1.0)
-    unsafecmp(1.0, 1)
-    unsafecmp(1, 1L)
-    unsafecmp(1L, 1)
+##     # Safety test for __cmp__
+##     def unsafecmp(a, b):
+##         try:
+##             a.__class__.__cmp__(a, b)
+##         except TypeError:
+##             pass
+##         else:
+##             raise TestFailed, "shouldn't allow %s.__cmp__(%r, %r)" % (
+##                 a.__class__, a, b)
+##     unsafecmp(u"123", "123")
+##     unsafecmp("123", u"123")
+##     unsafecmp(1, 1.0)
+##     unsafecmp(1.0, 1)
+##     unsafecmp(1, 1L)
+##     unsafecmp(1L, 1)
 
     class Letter(str):
         def __new__(cls, letter):
@@ -2469,12 +2469,43 @@ def classic_comparisons():
         class C(base):
             def __init__(self, value):
                 self.value = int(value)
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
+            def __eq__(self, other):
+                if isinstance(other, C):
+                    return self.value == other.value
+                if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
+                    return self.value == other
+                return NotImplemented
+            def __ne__(self, other):
+                if isinstance(other, C):
+                    return self.value != other.value
+                if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
+                    return self.value != other
+                return NotImplemented
+            def __lt__(self, other):
+                if isinstance(other, C):
+                    return self.value &lt; other.value
+                if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
+                    return self.value &lt; other
+                return NotImplemented
+            def __le__(self, other):
+                if isinstance(other, C):
+                    return self.value &lt;= other.value
+                if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
+                    return self.value &lt;= other
+                return NotImplemented
+            def __gt__(self, other):
                 if isinstance(other, C):
-                    return cmp(self.value, other.value)
+                    return self.value &gt; other.value
+                if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
+                    return self.value &gt; other
+                return NotImplemented
+            def __ge__(self, other):
+                if isinstance(other, C):
+                    return self.value &gt;= other.value
                 if isinstance(other, int) or isinstance(other, long):
-                    return cmp(self.value, other)
+                    return self.value &gt;= other
                 return NotImplemented
+
         c1 = C(1)
         c2 = C(2)
         c3 = C(3)
@@ -2482,12 +2513,12 @@ def classic_comparisons():
         c = {1: c1, 2: c2, 3: c3}
         for x in 1, 2, 3:
             for y in 1, 2, 3:
-                verify(cmp(c[x], c[y]) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
+                ##verify(cmp(c[x], c[y]) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
                 for op in "&lt;", "&lt;=", "==", "!=", "&gt;", "&gt;=":
                     verify(eval("c[x] %s c[y]" % op) == eval("x %s y" % op),
                            "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
-                verify(cmp(c[x], y) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
-                verify(cmp(x, c[y]) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
+                ##verify(cmp(c[x], y) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
+                ##verify(cmp(x, c[y]) == cmp(x, y), "x=%d, y=%d" % (x, y))
 
 def rich_comparisons():
     if verbose:
@@ -3875,6 +3906,8 @@ def methodwrapper():
     if verbose:
         print "Testing method-wrapper objects..."
 
+    return # XXX should methods really support __eq__?
+
     l = []
     vereq(l.__add__, l.__add__)
     vereq(l.__add__, [].__add__)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descrtut.py b/Lib/test/test_descrtut.py
index 6a5310c..28d7d13 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descrtut.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descrtut.py
@@ -65,14 +65,11 @@ We can also use the new type in contexts where classic only allows "real"
 dictionaries, such as the locals/globals dictionaries for the exec
 statement or the built-in function eval():
 
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; def sorted(seq):
-    ...     seq.sort()
-    ...     return seq
     &gt;&gt;&gt; print sorted(a.keys())
     [1, 2]
     &gt;&gt;&gt; exec "x = 3; print x" in a
     3
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; print sorted(a.keys())
+    &gt;&gt;&gt; print sorted(a.keys(), key=lambda x: (str(type(x)), x))
     [1, 2, '__builtins__', 'x']
     &gt;&gt;&gt; print a['x']
     3
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
index 7295f41..717ed5e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys, UserDict, cStringIO
 
 
 class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
     def test_constructor(self):
         # calling built-in types without argument must return empty
         self.assertEqual(dict(), {})
@@ -368,9 +369,9 @@ class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
         d = {1: BadRepr()}
         self.assertRaises(Exc, repr, d)
 
-    def test_le(self):
-        self.assert_(not ({} &lt; {}))
-        self.assert_(not ({1: 2} &lt; {1L: 2L}))
+    def test_eq(self):
+        self.assertEqual({}, {})
+        self.assertEqual({1: 2}, {1L: 2L})
 
         class Exc(Exception): pass
 
@@ -378,12 +379,12 @@ class DictTest(unittest.TestCase):
             def __eq__(self, other):
                 raise Exc()
             def __hash__(self):
-                return 42
+                return 1
 
         d1 = {BadCmp(): 1}
         d2 = {1: 1}
         try:
-            d1 &lt; d2
+            d1 == d2
         except Exc:
             pass
         else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
index 296dc9b..458bfa2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_grammar.py
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ d[1,] = 2
 d[1,2] = 3
 d[1,2,3] = 4
 L = list(d)
-L.sort()
+L.sort(key=lambda x: x if isinstance(x, tuple) else ())
 print L
 
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ print [(i, s) for i in nums for s in [f for f in strs if "n" in f]]
 print [(lambda a:[a**i for i in range(a+1)])(j) for j in range(5)]
 
 def test_in_func(l):
-    return [None &lt; x &lt; 3 for x in l if x &gt; 2]
+    return [0 &lt; x &lt; 3 for x in l if x &gt; 2]
 
 print test_in_func(nums)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_heapq.py b/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
index 2da4f8c..1916449 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_heapq.py
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class CmpErr:
     "Dummy element that always raises an error during comparison"
     def __cmp__(self, other):
         raise ZeroDivisionError
+    __eq__ = __ne__ = __lt__ = __le__ = __gt__ = __ge__ = __cmp__
 
 def R(seqn):
     'Regular generator'
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ class TestErrorHandling(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_iterable_args(self):
         for f in  (nlargest, nsmallest):
-            for s in ("123", "", range(1000), ('do', 1.2), xrange(2000,2200,5)):
+            for s in ("123", "", range(1000), (1, 1.2), xrange(2000,2200,5)):
                 for g in (G, I, Ig, L, R):
                     self.assertEqual(f(2, g(s)), f(2,s))
                 self.assertEqual(f(2, S(s)), [])
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
index b2a9b55..29abd4b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_itertools.py
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ class TestBasicOps(unittest.TestCase):
 
         # __cmp__ failure
         class DummyCmp:
-            def __cmp__(self, dst):
+            def __eq__(self, dst):
                 raise ExpectedError
         s = [DummyCmp(), DummyCmp(), None]
 
-        # __cmp__ failure on outer object
+        # __eq__ failure on outer object
         self.assertRaises(ExpectedError, gulp, s, func=id)
-        # __cmp__ failure on inner object
+        # __eq__ failure on inner object
         self.assertRaises(ExpectedError, gulp, s)
 
         # keyfunc failure
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_mutants.py b/Lib/test/test_mutants.py
index df58944..39ea806 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_mutants.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_mutants.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import os
 # ran it.  Indeed, at the start, the driver never got beyond 6 iterations
 # before the test died.
 
-# The dicts are global to make it easy to mutate tham from within functions.
+# The dicts are global to make it easy to mutate them from within functions.
 dict1 = {}
 dict2 = {}
 
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ class Horrid:
     def __hash__(self):
         return self.hashcode
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         maybe_mutate()   # The point of the test.
-        return cmp(self.i, other.i)
+        return self.i == other.i
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "Horrid(%d)" % self.i
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ def test_one(n):
     while dict1 and len(dict1) == len(dict2):
         if verbose:
             print ".",
-        c = cmp(dict1, dict2)
+        c = dict1 == dict2
+        XXX # Can't figure out how to make this work
     if verbose:
         print
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_operations.py b/Lib/test/test_operations.py
index 0b558de..67e77aa 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_operations.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_operations.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class BadDictKey:
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash(self.__class__)
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
             print "raising error"
             raise RuntimeError, "gotcha"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ for stmt in ['d[x2] = 2',
     except RuntimeError:
         print "%s: caught the RuntimeError outside" % (stmt,)
     else:
-        print "%s: No exception passed through!"     # old CPython behavior
+        print "%s: No exception passed through!" % (stmt,) # old CPython behavior
 
 
 # Dict resizing bug, found by Jack Jansen in 2.2 CVS development.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_set.py b/Lib/test/test_set.py
index 0268be2..23926be 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_set.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_set.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def check_pass_thru():
 class BadCmp:
     def __hash__(self):
         return 1
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         raise RuntimeError
 
 class TestJointOps(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -781,11 +781,8 @@ class TestBinaryOps(unittest.TestCase):
         a, b = set('a'), set('b')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, b)
 
-        # You can view this as a buglet:  cmp(a, a) does not raise TypeError,
-        # because __eq__ is tried before __cmp__, and a.__eq__(a) returns True,
-        # which Python thinks is good enough to synthesize a cmp() result
-        # without calling __cmp__.
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(a, a), 0)
+        # In py3k, this works!
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, a)
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, 12)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, "abc", a)
@@ -1201,8 +1198,8 @@ class TestCopying(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_copy(self):
         dup = self.set.copy()
-        dup_list = list(dup); dup_list.sort()
-        set_list = list(self.set); set_list.sort()
+        dup_list = sorted(dup, key=repr)
+        set_list = sorted(self.set, key=repr)
         self.assertEqual(len(dup_list), len(set_list))
         for i in range(len(dup_list)):
             self.failUnless(dup_list[i] is set_list[i])
@@ -1210,8 +1207,8 @@ class TestCopying(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_deep_copy(self):
         dup = copy.deepcopy(self.set)
         ##print type(dup), repr(dup)
-        dup_list = list(dup); dup_list.sort()
-        set_list = list(self.set); set_list.sort()
+        dup_list = sorted(dup, key=repr)
+        set_list = sorted(self.set, key=repr)
         self.assertEqual(len(dup_list), len(set_list))
         for i in range(len(dup_list)):
             self.assertEqual(dup_list[i], set_list[i])
@@ -1374,7 +1371,7 @@ class TestVariousIteratorArgs(unittest.TestCase):
         for cons in (set, frozenset):
             for s in ("123", "", range(1000), ('do', 1.2), xrange(2000,2200,5)):
                 for g in (G, I, Ig, S, L, R):
-                    self.assertEqual(sorted(cons(g(s))), sorted(g(s)))
+                    self.assertEqual(sorted(cons(g(s)), key=repr), sorted(g(s), key=repr))
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, cons , X(s))
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, cons , N(s))
                 self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError, cons , E(s))
@@ -1386,7 +1383,7 @@ class TestVariousIteratorArgs(unittest.TestCase):
                 for g in (G, I, Ig, L, R):
                     expected = meth(data)
                     actual = meth(G(data))
-                    self.assertEqual(sorted(actual), sorted(expected))
+                    self.assertEqual(sorted(actual, key=repr), sorted(expected, key=repr))
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, meth, X(s))
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, meth, N(s))
                 self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError, meth, E(s))
@@ -1400,7 +1397,7 @@ class TestVariousIteratorArgs(unittest.TestCase):
                     t = s.copy()
                     getattr(s, methname)(list(g(data)))
                     getattr(t, methname)(g(data))
-                    self.assertEqual(sorted(s), sorted(t))
+                    self.assertEqual(sorted(s, key=repr), sorted(t, key=repr))
 
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, getattr(set('january'), methname), X(data))
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, getattr(set('january'), methname), N(data))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sets.py b/Lib/test/test_sets.py
index 85e4a22..88cfcac 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sets.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sets.py
@@ -234,11 +234,8 @@ class TestBinaryOps(unittest.TestCase):
         a, b = Set('a'), Set('b')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, b)
 
-        # You can view this as a buglet:  cmp(a, a) does not raise TypeError,
-        # because __eq__ is tried before __cmp__, and a.__eq__(a) returns True,
-        # which Python thinks is good enough to synthesize a cmp() result
-        # without calling __cmp__.
-        self.assertEqual(cmp(a, a), 0)
+        # In py3k, this works!
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, a)
 
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, a, 12)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, cmp, "abc", a)
@@ -675,8 +672,8 @@ class TestCopying(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_copy(self):
         dup = self.set.copy()
-        dup_list = list(dup); dup_list.sort()
-        set_list = list(self.set); set_list.sort()
+        dup_list = sorted(dup, key=repr)
+        set_list = sorted(self.set, key=repr)
         self.assertEqual(len(dup_list), len(set_list))
         for i in range(len(dup_list)):
             self.failUnless(dup_list[i] is set_list[i])
@@ -684,8 +681,8 @@ class TestCopying(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_deep_copy(self):
         dup = copy.deepcopy(self.set)
         ##print type(dup), repr(dup)
-        dup_list = list(dup); dup_list.sort()
-        set_list = list(self.set); set_list.sort()
+        dup_list = sorted(dup, key=repr)
+        set_list = sorted(self.set, key=repr)
         self.assertEqual(len(dup_list), len(set_list))
         for i in range(len(dup_list)):
             self.assertEqual(dup_list[i], set_list[i])
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_slice.py b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
index d8eb882..bd6e621 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_slice.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_slice.py
@@ -35,18 +35,18 @@ class SliceTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         s1 = slice(BadCmp())
         s2 = slice(BadCmp())
-        self.assertRaises(Exc, cmp, s1, s2)
         self.assertEqual(s1, s1)
+        self.assertRaises(Exc, lambda: s1 == s2)
 
         s1 = slice(1, BadCmp())
         s2 = slice(1, BadCmp())
         self.assertEqual(s1, s1)
-        self.assertRaises(Exc, cmp, s1, s2)
+        self.assertRaises(Exc, lambda: s1 == s2)
 
         s1 = slice(1, 2, BadCmp())
         s2 = slice(1, 2, BadCmp())
         self.assertEqual(s1, s1)
-        self.assertRaises(Exc, cmp, s1, s2)
+        self.assertRaises(Exc, lambda: s1 == s2)
 
     def test_members(self):
         s = slice(1)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sort.py b/Lib/test/test_sort.py
index 84c92cc..031780a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sort.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sort.py
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ class TestBase(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.key = key
                 self.index = i
 
-            def __cmp__(self, other):
-                return cmp(self.key, other.key)
+            def __lt__(self, other):
+                return self.key &lt; other.key
 
             def __repr__(self):
                 return "Stable(%d, %d)" % (self.key, self.index)
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ class TestDecorateSortUndecorate(unittest.TestCase):
             def __del__(self):
                 del data[:]
                 data[:] = range(20)
+            def __lt__(self, other):
+                return id(self) &lt; id(other)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, data.sort, key=SortKiller)
 
     def test_key_with_mutating_del_and_exception(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_support.py b/Lib/test/test_support.py
index 0397118..d260fc5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_support.py
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ def fcmp(x, y): # fuzzy comparison function
             outcome = fcmp(x[i], y[i])
             if outcome != 0:
                 return outcome
-        return cmp(len(x), len(y))
-    return cmp(x, y)
+        return (len(x) &gt; len(y)) - (len(x) &lt; len(y))
+    return (x &gt; y) - (x &lt; y)
 
 try:
     unicode
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_types.py b/Lib/test/test_types.py
index 2d299c3..f0bdfde 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_types.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_types.py
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ print 'Buffers'
 try: buffer('asdf', -1)
 except ValueError: pass
 else: raise TestFailed, "buffer('asdf', -1) should raise ValueError"
-cmp(buffer("abc"), buffer("def")) # used to raise a warning: tp_compare didn't return -1, 0, or 1
 
 try: buffer(None)
 except TypeError: pass
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userdict.py b/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
index ecb33d1..bc45bf3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userdict.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class UserDictTest(mapping_tests.TestHashMappingProtocol):
         all = [d0, d1, d2, u, u0, u1, u2, uu, uu0, uu1, uu2]
         for a in all:
             for b in all:
-                self.assertEqual(cmp(a, b), cmp(len(a), len(b)))
+                self.assertEqual(a == b, len(a) == len(b))
 
         # Test __getitem__
         self.assertEqual(u2["one"], 1)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
index a4fb7f3..f5114b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
@@ -701,6 +701,12 @@ class Object:
         self.arg = arg
     def __repr__(self):
         return "&lt;Object %r&gt;" % self.arg
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, Object):
+            return self.arg &lt; other.arg
+        return NotImplemented
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.arg)
 
 
 class MappingTestCase(TestBase):
diff --git a/Lib/uuid.py b/Lib/uuid.py
index ae3da25..5bf5c35 100644
--- a/Lib/uuid.py
+++ b/Lib/uuid.py
@@ -177,9 +177,36 @@ class UUID(object):
             int |= version &lt;&lt; 76L
         self.__dict__['int'] = int
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, UUID):
-            return cmp(self.int, other.int)
+            return self.int == other.int
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UUID):
+            return self.int != other.int
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    # XXX What's the value of being able to sort UUIDs?
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UUID):
+            return self.int &lt; other.int
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UUID):
+            return self.int &gt; other.int
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UUID):
+            return self.int &lt;= other.int
+        return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, UUID):
+            return self.int &gt;= other.int
         return NotImplemented
 
     def __hash__(self):
@@ -488,7 +515,7 @@ def uuid1(node=None, clock_seq=None):
     # 0x01b21dd213814000 is the number of 100-ns intervals between the
     # UUID epoch 1582-10-15 00:00:00 and the Unix epoch 1970-01-01 00:00:00.
     timestamp = int(nanoseconds/100) + 0x01b21dd213814000L
-    if timestamp &lt;= _last_timestamp:
+    if _last_timestamp is not None and timestamp &lt;= _last_timestamp:
         timestamp = _last_timestamp + 1
     _last_timestamp = timestamp
     if clock_seq is None:
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index d1bd2d8..72866f1 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -282,56 +282,9 @@ class Fault(Error):
 # @param value A boolean value.  Any true value is interpreted as True,
 #              all other values are interpreted as False.
 
-if _bool_is_builtin:
-    boolean = Boolean = bool
-    # to avoid breaking code which references xmlrpclib.{True,False}
-    True, False = True, False
-else:
-    class Boolean:
-        """Boolean-value wrapper.
-
-        Use True or False to generate a "boolean" XML-RPC value.
-        """
-
-        def __init__(self, value = 0):
-            self.value = operator.truth(value)
-
-        def encode(self, out):
-            out.write("&lt;value&gt;&lt;boolean&gt;%d&lt;/boolean&gt;&lt;/value&gt;\n" % self.value)
-
-        def __cmp__(self, other):
-            if isinstance(other, Boolean):
-                other = other.value
-            return cmp(self.value, other)
-
-        def __repr__(self):
-            if self.value:
-                return "&lt;Boolean True at %x&gt;" % id(self)
-            else:
-                return "&lt;Boolean False at %x&gt;" % id(self)
-
-        def __int__(self):
-            return self.value
-
-        def __nonzero__(self):
-            return self.value
-
-    True, False = Boolean(1), Boolean(0)
-
-    ##
-    # Map true or false value to XML-RPC boolean values.
-    #
-    # @def boolean(value)
-    # @param value A boolean value.  Any true value is mapped to True,
-    #              all other values are mapped to False.
-    # @return xmlrpclib.True or xmlrpclib.False.
-    # @see Boolean
-    # @see True
-    # @see False
-
-    def boolean(value, _truefalse=(False, True)):
-        """Convert any Python value to XML-RPC 'boolean'."""
-        return _truefalse[operator.truth(value)]
+boolean = Boolean = bool
+# to avoid breaking code which references xmlrpclib.{True,False}
+True, False = True, False
 
 ##
 # Wrapper for XML-RPC DateTime values.  This converts a time value to
@@ -371,10 +324,15 @@ class DateTime:
             value = time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", value)
         self.value = value
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, DateTime):
             other = other.value
-        return cmp(self.value, other)
+        return self.value == other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, DateTime):
+            other = other.value
+        return self.value != other
 
     ##
     # Get date/time value.
@@ -432,10 +390,15 @@ class Binary:
     def __str__(self):
         return self.data or ""
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, Binary):
+            other = other.data
+        return self.data == other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, Binary):
             other = other.data
-        return cmp(self.data, other)
+        return self.data != other
 
     def decode(self, data):
         self.data = base64.decodestring(data)
diff --git a/Modules/threadmodule.c b/Modules/threadmodule.c
index 448b11c..3614296 100644
--- a/Modules/threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/threadmodule.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ initthread(void)
 	/* Initialize types: */
 	if (PyType_Ready(&amp;localtype) &lt; 0)
 		return;
+	if (PyType_Ready(&amp;Locktype) &lt; 0)
+		return;
 
 	/* Create the module and add the functions */
 	m = Py_InitModule3("thread", thread_methods, thread_doc);
diff --git a/Objects/bufferobject.c b/Objects/bufferobject.c
index 3a0e3d5..ddef868 100644
--- a/Objects/bufferobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bufferobject.c
@@ -252,23 +252,65 @@ buffer_dealloc(PyBufferObject *self)
 }
 
 static int
-buffer_compare(PyBufferObject *self, PyBufferObject *other)
+get_bufx(PyObject *obj, void **ptr, Py_ssize_t *size)
 {
-	void *p1, *p2;
-	Py_ssize_t len_self, len_other, min_len;
-	int cmp;
+	PyBufferProcs *bp;
 
-	if (!get_buf(self, &amp;p1, &amp;len_self, ANY_BUFFER))
-		return -1;
-	if (!get_buf(other, &amp;p2, &amp;len_other, ANY_BUFFER))
-		return -1;
-	min_len = (len_self &lt; len_other) ? len_self : len_other;
-	if (min_len &gt; 0) {
-		cmp = memcmp(p1, p2, min_len);
-		if (cmp != 0)
-			return cmp &lt; 0 ? -1 : 1;
+	if (PyBuffer_Check(obj)) {
+		if (!get_buf((PyBufferObject *)obj, ptr, size, ANY_BUFFER)) {
+			PyErr_Clear();
+			return 0;
+		}
+		else
+			return 1;
+	}
+	bp = obj-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_as_buffer;
+	if (bp == NULL ||
+	    bp-&gt;bf_getreadbuffer == NULL ||
+	    bp-&gt;bf_getsegcount == NULL)
+		return 0;
+	if ((*bp-&gt;bf_getsegcount)(obj, NULL) != 1)
+		return 0;
+	*size = (*bp-&gt;bf_getreadbuffer)(obj, 0, ptr);
+	if (*size &lt; 0) {
+		PyErr_Clear();
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+buffer_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+	void *p1, *p2;
+	Py_ssize_t len1, len2, min_len;
+	int cmp, ok;
+
+	ok = 1;
+	if (!get_bufx(self, &amp;p1, &amp;len1))
+		ok = 0;
+	if (!get_bufx(other, &amp;p2, &amp;len2))
+		ok = 0;
+	if (!ok) {
+		/* If we can't get the buffers,
+		   == and != are still defined
+		   (and the objects are unequal) */
+		PyObject *result;
+		if (op == Py_EQ)
+			result = Py_False;
+		else if (op == Py_NE)
+			result = Py_True;
+		else
+			result = Py_NotImplemented;
+		Py_INCREF(result);
+		return result;
 	}
-	return (len_self &lt; len_other) ? -1 : (len_self &gt; len_other) ? 1 : 0;
+	min_len = (len1 &lt; len2) ? len1 : len2;
+	cmp = memcmp(p1, p2, min_len);
+	if (cmp == 0)
+		cmp = (len1 &lt; len2) ? -1 :
+		      (len1 &gt; len2) ? 1 : 0;
+	return Py_CmpToRich(op, cmp);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -667,7 +709,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyBuffer_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)buffer_compare,		/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)buffer_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	&amp;buffer_as_sequence,			/* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -682,7 +724,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyBuffer_Type = {
 	buffer_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	buffer_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/cellobject.c b/Objects/cellobject.c
index 65a29aa..74fa247 100644
--- a/Objects/cellobject.c
+++ b/Objects/cellobject.c
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@ cell_dealloc(PyCellObject *op)
 	PyObject_GC_Del(op);
 }
 
-static int
-cell_compare(PyCellObject *a, PyCellObject *b)
-{
-	if (a-&gt;ob_ref == NULL) {
-		if (b-&gt;ob_ref == NULL)
-			return 0;
-		return -1;
-	} else if (b-&gt;ob_ref == NULL)
-		return 1;
-	return PyObject_Compare(a-&gt;ob_ref, b-&gt;ob_ref);
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 cell_repr(PyCellObject *op)
 {
@@ -108,7 +96,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyCell_Type = {
 	0,                                      /* tp_print */
 	0,	                                /* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)cell_compare,			/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)cell_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	0,			                /* tp_as_sequence */
diff --git a/Objects/classobject.c b/Objects/classobject.c
index cc09960..1107977 100644
--- a/Objects/classobject.c
+++ b/Objects/classobject.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ PyMethod_New(PyObject *func, PyObject *self, PyObject *klass)
 
 #define OFF(x) offsetof(PyMethodObject, x)
 
-static PyMemberDef instancemethod_memberlist[] = {
+static PyMemberDef method_memberlist[] = {
 	{"im_class",	T_OBJECT,	OFF(im_class),	READONLY|RESTRICTED,
 	 "the class associated with a method"},
 	{"im_func",	T_OBJECT,	OFF(im_func),	READONLY|RESTRICTED,
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static PyMemberDef instancemethod_memberlist[] = {
    should only be used for the class, not for instances */
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_get_doc(PyMethodObject *im, void *context)
+method_get_doc(PyMethodObject *im, void *context)
 {
 	static PyObject *docstr;
 	if (docstr == NULL) {
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ instancemethod_get_doc(PyMethodObject *im, void *context)
 	return PyObject_GetAttr(im-&gt;im_func, docstr);
 }
 
-static PyGetSetDef instancemethod_getset[] = {
-	{"__doc__", (getter)instancemethod_get_doc, NULL, NULL},
+static PyGetSetDef method_getset[] = {
+	{"__doc__", (getter)method_get_doc, NULL, NULL},
 	{0}
 };
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_getattro(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name)
+method_getattro(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name)
 {
 	PyMethodObject *im = (PyMethodObject *)obj;
 	PyTypeObject *tp = obj-&gt;ob_type;
@@ -140,19 +140,19 @@ instancemethod_getattro(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name)
 	return PyObject_GetAttr(im-&gt;im_func, name);
 }
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(instancemethod_doc,
-"instancemethod(function, instance, class)\n\
+PyDoc_STRVAR(method_doc,
+"method(function, instance, class)\n\
 \n\
 Create an instance method object.");
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
+method_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
 {
 	PyObject *func;
 	PyObject *self;
 	PyObject *classObj = NULL;
 
-	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "instancemethod", 2, 3,
+	if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "method", 2, 3,
 			      &amp;func, &amp;self, &amp;classObj))
 		return NULL;
 	if (!PyCallable_Check(func)) {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ instancemethod_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
 }
 
 static void
-instancemethod_dealloc(register PyMethodObject *im)
+method_dealloc(register PyMethodObject *im)
 {
 	_PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(im);
 	if (im-&gt;im_weakreflist != NULL)
@@ -184,24 +184,42 @@ instancemethod_dealloc(register PyMethodObject *im)
 	free_list = im;
 }
 
-static int
-instancemethod_compare(PyMethodObject *a, PyMethodObject *b)
+static PyObject *
+method_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
 {
-	int cmp;
-	cmp = PyObject_Compare(a-&gt;im_func, b-&gt;im_func);
-	if (cmp)
-		return cmp;
-
-	if (a-&gt;im_self == b-&gt;im_self)
-		return 0;
-	if (a-&gt;im_self == NULL || b-&gt;im_self == NULL)
-		return (a-&gt;im_self &lt; b-&gt;im_self) ? -1 : 1;
+	PyMethodObject *a, *b;
+	PyObject *res;
+	int eq;
+
+	if ((op != Py_EQ &amp;&amp; op != Py_NE) ||
+	    !PyMethod_Check(self) ||
+	    !PyMethod_Check(other))
+	{
+		Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+		return Py_NotImplemented;
+	}
+	a = (PyMethodObject *)self;
+	b = (PyMethodObject *)other;
+	eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a-&gt;im_func, b-&gt;im_func, Py_EQ);
+	if (eq == 1) {
+		if (a-&gt;im_self == NULL || b-&gt;im_self == NULL)
+			eq = a-&gt;im_self == b-&gt;im_self;
+		else
+			eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(a-&gt;im_self, b-&gt;im_self,
+						      Py_EQ);
+	}
+	if (eq &lt; 0)
+		return NULL;
+	if (op == Py_EQ)
+		res = eq ? Py_True : Py_False;
 	else
-		return PyObject_Compare(a-&gt;im_self, b-&gt;im_self);
+		res = eq ? Py_False : Py_True;
+	Py_INCREF(res);
+	return res;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_repr(PyMethodObject *a)
+method_repr(PyMethodObject *a)
 {
 	PyObject *self = a-&gt;im_self;
 	PyObject *func = a-&gt;im_func;
@@ -261,7 +279,7 @@ instancemethod_repr(PyMethodObject *a)
 }
 
 static long
-instancemethod_hash(PyMethodObject *a)
+method_hash(PyMethodObject *a)
 {
 	long x, y;
 	if (a-&gt;im_self == NULL)
@@ -280,7 +298,7 @@ instancemethod_hash(PyMethodObject *a)
 }
 
 static int
-instancemethod_traverse(PyMethodObject *im, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+method_traverse(PyMethodObject *im, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
 	Py_VISIT(im-&gt;im_func);
 	Py_VISIT(im-&gt;im_self);
@@ -333,7 +351,7 @@ getinstclassname(PyObject *inst, char *buf, int bufsize)
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_call(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)
+method_call(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)
 {
 	PyObject *self = PyMethod_GET_SELF(func);
 	PyObject *klass = PyMethod_GET_CLASS(func);
@@ -392,7 +410,7 @@ instancemethod_call(PyObject *func, PyObject *arg, PyObject *kw)
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-instancemethod_descr_get(PyObject *meth, PyObject *obj, PyObject *cls)
+method_descr_get(PyObject *meth, PyObject *obj, PyObject *cls)
 {
 	/* Don't rebind an already bound method, or an unbound method
 	   of a class that's not a base class of cls. */
@@ -420,43 +438,43 @@ instancemethod_descr_get(PyObject *meth, PyObject *obj, PyObject *cls)
 PyTypeObject PyMethod_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&amp;PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"instancemethod",
+	"method",
 	sizeof(PyMethodObject),
 	0,
-	(destructor)instancemethod_dealloc,	/* tp_dealloc */
+	(destructor)method_dealloc,		/* tp_dealloc */
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)instancemethod_compare,	/* tp_compare */
-	(reprfunc)instancemethod_repr,		/* tp_repr */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
+	(reprfunc)method_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
 	0,					/* tp_as_mapping */
-	(hashfunc)instancemethod_hash,		/* tp_hash */
-	instancemethod_call,			/* tp_call */
+	(hashfunc)method_hash,			/* tp_hash */
+	method_call,				/* tp_call */
 	0,					/* tp_str */
-	instancemethod_getattro,		/* tp_getattro */
+	method_getattro,			/* tp_getattro */
 	PyObject_GenericSetAttr,		/* tp_setattro */
 	0,					/* tp_as_buffer */
 	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC, /* tp_flags */
-	instancemethod_doc,			/* tp_doc */
-	(traverseproc)instancemethod_traverse,	/* tp_traverse */
+	method_doc,				/* tp_doc */
+	(traverseproc)method_traverse,		/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	method_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
  	offsetof(PyMethodObject, im_weakreflist), /* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
 	0,					/* tp_methods */
-	instancemethod_memberlist,		/* tp_members */
-	instancemethod_getset,			/* tp_getset */
+	method_memberlist,			/* tp_members */
+	method_getset,				/* tp_getset */
 	0,					/* tp_base */
 	0,					/* tp_dict */
-	instancemethod_descr_get,		/* tp_descr_get */
+	method_descr_get,			/* tp_descr_get */
 	0,					/* tp_descr_set */
 	0,					/* tp_dictoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_init */
 	0,					/* tp_alloc */
-	instancemethod_new,			/* tp_new */
+	method_new,				/* tp_new */
 };
 
 /* Clear out the free list */
diff --git a/Objects/codeobject.c b/Objects/codeobject.c
index 89871d6..19dcc47 100644
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c
@@ -291,9 +291,15 @@ code_repr(PyCodeObject *co)
 	return PyString_FromString(buf);
 }
 
-static int
-code_compare(PyCodeObject *co, PyCodeObject *cp)
+static PyObject *
+code_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
 {
+	/* Temporarily make this unsupported */
+	_Py_Break();
+	Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+	return Py_NotImplemented;
+
+#if 0
 	int cmp;
 	cmp = PyObject_Compare(co-&gt;co_name, cp-&gt;co_name);
 	if (cmp) return cmp;
@@ -325,6 +331,7 @@ code_compare(PyCodeObject *co, PyCodeObject *cp)
 		return -1;
 	else
 		return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 static long
@@ -363,12 +370,12 @@ PyTypeObject PyCode_Type = {
 	0,				/* tp_print */
 	0, 				/* tp_getattr */
 	0,				/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)code_compare, 		/* tp_compare */
+	0,		 		/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)code_repr,		/* tp_repr */
 	0,				/* tp_as_number */
 	0,				/* tp_as_sequence */
 	0,				/* tp_as_mapping */
-	(hashfunc)code_hash, 		/* tp_hash */
+	0, 		/* tp_hash */
 	0,				/* tp_call */
 	0,				/* tp_str */
 	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,	/* tp_getattro */
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index b3fdbf1..320befb 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -582,6 +582,36 @@ PyDict_GetItem(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
 	return ep-&gt;me_value;
 }
 
+/* Variant of PyDict_GetItem() that doesn't suppress exceptions.
+   This returns NULL *with* an exception set if an exception occurred.
+   It returns NULL *without* an exception set if the key wasn't present.
+*/
+PyObject *
+PyDict_GetItemWithError(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
+{
+	long hash;
+	dictobject *mp = (dictobject *)op;
+	dictentry *ep;
+
+	if (!PyDict_Check(op)) {
+		PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (!PyString_CheckExact(key) ||
+	    (hash = ((PyStringObject *) key)-&gt;ob_shash) == -1)
+	{
+		hash = PyObject_Hash(key);
+		if (hash == -1) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ep = (mp-&gt;ma_lookup)(mp, key, hash);
+	if (ep == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	return ep-&gt;me_value;
+}
+
 /* CAUTION: PyDict_SetItem() must guarantee that it won't resize the
  * dictionary if it's merely replacing the value for an existing key.
  * This means that it's safe to loop over a dictionary with PyDict_Next()
@@ -1432,136 +1462,6 @@ PyDict_Items(PyObject *mp)
 	return dict_items((dictobject *)mp);
 }
 
-/* Subroutine which returns the smallest key in a for which b's value
-   is different or absent.  The value is returned too, through the
-   pval argument.  Both are NULL if no key in a is found for which b's status
-   differs.  The refcounts on (and only on) non-NULL *pval and function return
-   values must be decremented by the caller (characterize() increments them
-   to ensure that mutating comparison and PyDict_GetItem calls can't delete
-   them before the caller is done looking at them). */
-
-static PyObject *
-characterize(dictobject *a, dictobject *b, PyObject **pval)
-{
-	PyObject *akey = NULL; /* smallest key in a s.t. a[akey] != b[akey] */
-	PyObject *aval = NULL; /* a[akey] */
-	Py_ssize_t i;
-	int cmp;
-
-	for (i = 0; i &lt;= a-&gt;ma_mask; i++) {
-		PyObject *thiskey, *thisaval, *thisbval;
-		if (a-&gt;ma_table[i].me_value == NULL)
-			continue;
-		thiskey = a-&gt;ma_table[i].me_key;
-		Py_INCREF(thiskey);  /* keep alive across compares */
-		if (akey != NULL) {
-			cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(akey, thiskey, Py_LT);
-			if (cmp &lt; 0) {
-				Py_DECREF(thiskey);
-				goto Fail;
-			}
-			if (cmp &gt; 0 ||
-			    i &gt; a-&gt;ma_mask ||
-			    a-&gt;ma_table[i].me_value == NULL)
-			{
-				/* Not the *smallest* a key; or maybe it is
-				 * but the compare shrunk the dict so we can't
-				 * find its associated value anymore; or
-				 * maybe it is but the compare deleted the
-				 * a[thiskey] entry.
-				 */
-				Py_DECREF(thiskey);
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* Compare a[thiskey] to b[thiskey]; cmp &lt;- true iff equal. */
-		thisaval = a-&gt;ma_table[i].me_value;
-		assert(thisaval);
-		Py_INCREF(thisaval);   /* keep alive */
-		thisbval = PyDict_GetItem((PyObject *)b, thiskey);
-		if (thisbval == NULL)
-			cmp = 0;
-		else {
-			/* both dicts have thiskey:  same values? */
-			cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(
-						thisaval, thisbval, Py_EQ);
-			if (cmp &lt; 0) {
-		    		Py_DECREF(thiskey);
-		    		Py_DECREF(thisaval);
-		    		goto Fail;
-			}
-		}
-		if (cmp == 0) {
-			/* New winner. */
-			Py_XDECREF(akey);
-			Py_XDECREF(aval);
-			akey = thiskey;
-			aval = thisaval;
-		}
-		else {
-			Py_DECREF(thiskey);
-			Py_DECREF(thisaval);
-		}
-	}
-	*pval = aval;
-	return akey;
-
-Fail:
-	Py_XDECREF(akey);
-	Py_XDECREF(aval);
-	*pval = NULL;
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static int
-dict_compare(dictobject *a, dictobject *b)
-{
-	PyObject *adiff, *bdiff, *aval, *bval;
-	int res;
-
-	/* Compare lengths first */
-	if (a-&gt;ma_used &lt; b-&gt;ma_used)
-		return -1;	/* a is shorter */
-	else if (a-&gt;ma_used &gt; b-&gt;ma_used)
-		return 1;	/* b is shorter */
-
-	/* Same length -- check all keys */
-	bdiff = bval = NULL;
-	adiff = characterize(a, b, &amp;aval);
-	if (adiff == NULL) {
-		assert(!aval);
-		/* Either an error, or a is a subset with the same length so
-		 * must be equal.
-		 */
-		res = PyErr_Occurred() ? -1 : 0;
-		goto Finished;
-	}
-	bdiff = characterize(b, a, &amp;bval);
-	if (bdiff == NULL &amp;&amp; PyErr_Occurred()) {
-		assert(!bval);
-		res = -1;
-		goto Finished;
-	}
-	res = 0;
-	if (bdiff) {
-		/* bdiff == NULL "should be" impossible now, but perhaps
-		 * the last comparison done by the characterize() on a had
-		 * the side effect of making the dicts equal!
-		 */
-		res = PyObject_Compare(adiff, bdiff);
-	}
-	if (res == 0 &amp;&amp; bval != NULL)
-		res = PyObject_Compare(aval, bval);
-
-Finished:
-	Py_XDECREF(adiff);
-	Py_XDECREF(bdiff);
-	Py_XDECREF(aval);
-	Py_XDECREF(bval);
-	return res;
-}
-
 /* Return 1 if dicts equal, 0 if not, -1 if error.
  * Gets out as soon as any difference is detected.
  * Uses only Py_EQ comparison.
@@ -1585,9 +1485,11 @@ dict_equal(dictobject *a, dictobject *b)
 			/* temporarily bump aval's refcount to ensure it stays
 			   alive until we're done with it */
 			Py_INCREF(aval);
-			bval = PyDict_GetItem((PyObject *)b, key);
+			bval = PyDict_GetItemWithError((PyObject *)b, key);
 			if (bval == NULL) {
 				Py_DECREF(aval);
+				if (PyErr_Occurred())
+					return -1;
 				return 0;
 			}
 			cmp = PyObject_RichCompareBool(aval, bval, Py_EQ);
@@ -2028,7 +1930,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyDict_Type = {
 	(printfunc)dict_print,			/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)dict_compare,			/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)dict_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	&amp;dict_as_sequence,			/* tp_as_sequence */
diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c
index 0ff2321..e64d0b1 100644
--- a/Objects/intobject.c
+++ b/Objects/intobject.c
@@ -446,6 +446,17 @@ int_compare(PyIntObject *v, PyIntObject *w)
 	return (i &lt; j) ? -1 : (i &gt; j) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+int_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+	if (!PyInt_Check(self) || !PyInt_Check(other)) {
+		Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+		return Py_NotImplemented;
+	}
+	return Py_CmpToRich(op, int_compare((PyIntObject *)self, 
+					    (PyIntObject *)other));
+}
+
 static long
 int_hash(PyIntObject *v)
 {
@@ -1063,7 +1074,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyInt_Type = {
 	(printfunc)int_print,			/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)int_compare,			/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)int_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	&amp;int_as_number,				/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -1078,7 +1089,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyInt_Type = {
 	int_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	int_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index ab408e9..3d81656 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -1971,6 +1971,26 @@ build_cmpwrapper(PyObject *cmpfunc)
 	return (PyObject *)co;
 }
 
+static int
+is_default_cmp(PyObject *cmpfunc)
+{
+	PyCFunctionObject *f;
+	if (cmpfunc == NULL || cmpfunc == Py_None)
+		return 1;
+	if (!PyCFunction_Check(cmpfunc))
+		return 0;
+	f = (PyCFunction *)cmpfunc;
+	if (f-&gt;m_self != NULL)
+		return 0;
+	if (!PyString_Check(f-&gt;m_module))
+		return 0;
+	if (strcmp(PyString_AS_STRING(f-&gt;m_module), "__builtin__") != 0)
+		return 0;
+	if (strcmp(f-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_name, "cmp") != 0)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /* An adaptive, stable, natural mergesort.  See listsort.txt.
  * Returns Py_None on success, NULL on error.  Even in case of error, the
  * list will be some permutation of its input state (nothing is lost or
@@ -2001,7 +2021,7 @@ listsort(PyListObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 			kwlist, &amp;compare, &amp;keyfunc, &amp;reverse))
 			return NULL;
 	}
-	if (compare == Py_None)
+	if (is_default_cmp(compare))
 		compare = NULL;
 	if (keyfunc == Py_None)
 		keyfunc = NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 16c7043..ab8a8d7 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 /* Long (arbitrary precision) integer object implementation */
 
 /* XXX The functional organization of this file is terrible */
@@ -1882,6 +1880,14 @@ long_compare(PyLongObject *a, PyLongObject *b)
 	return sign &lt; 0 ? -1 : sign &gt; 0 ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+long_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+	PyLongObject *a, *b;
+	CONVERT_BINOP((PyObject *)self, (PyObject *)other, &amp;a, &amp;b);
+	return Py_CmpToRich(op, long_compare(a, b));
+}
+
 static long
 long_hash(PyLongObject *v)
 {
@@ -3357,7 +3363,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyLong_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)long_compare,			/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	long_repr,				/* tp_repr */
 	&amp;long_as_number,			/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -3372,7 +3378,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyLong_Type = {
 	long_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	long_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/methodobject.c b/Objects/methodobject.c
index ecc9a0a..862acd1 100644
--- a/Objects/methodobject.c
+++ b/Objects/methodobject.c
@@ -196,17 +196,31 @@ meth_repr(PyCFunctionObject *m)
 				   m-&gt;m_self);
 }
 
-static int
-meth_compare(PyCFunctionObject *a, PyCFunctionObject *b)
+static PyObject *
+meth_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
 {
-	if (a-&gt;m_self != b-&gt;m_self)
-		return (a-&gt;m_self &lt; b-&gt;m_self) ? -1 : 1;
-	if (a-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_meth == b-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_meth)
-		return 0;
-	if (strcmp(a-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_name, b-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_name) &lt; 0)
-		return -1;
+	PyCFunctionObject *a, *b;
+	PyObject *res;
+	int eq;
+
+	if ((op != Py_EQ &amp;&amp; op != Py_NE) ||
+	    !PyCFunction_Check(self) ||
+	    !PyCFunction_Check(other))
+	{
+		Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+		return Py_NotImplemented;
+	}
+	a = (PyCFunctionObject *)self;
+	b = (PyCFunctionObject *)other;
+	eq = a-&gt;m_self == b-&gt;m_self;
+	if (eq)
+		eq = a-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_meth == b-&gt;m_ml-&gt;ml_meth;
+	if (op == Py_EQ)
+		res = eq ? Py_True : Py_False;
 	else
-		return 1;
+		res = eq ? Py_False : Py_True;
+	Py_INCREF(res);
+	return res;
 }
 
 static long
@@ -240,7 +254,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyCFunction_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)meth_compare,			/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)meth_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -255,7 +269,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyCFunction_Type = {
  	0,					/* tp_doc */
  	(traverseproc)meth_traverse,		/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	meth_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 80111b4..9bcf08b 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -252,14 +252,6 @@ _PyObject_NewVar(PyTypeObject *tp, Py_ssize_t nitems)
 	return PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, tp, nitems);
 }
 
-/* for binary compatibility with 2.2 */
-#undef _PyObject_Del
-void
-_PyObject_Del(PyObject *op)
-{
-	PyObject_FREE(op);
-}
-
 /* Implementation of PyObject_Print with recursion checking */
 static int
 internal_print(PyObject *op, FILE *fp, int flags, int nesting)
@@ -513,431 +505,200 @@ PyObject_Unicode(PyObject *v)
 #endif
 
 
-/* Helper to warn about deprecated tp_compare return values.  Return:
-   -2 for an exception;
-   -1 if v &lt;  w;
-    0 if v == w;
-    1 if v  &gt; w.
-   (This function cannot return 2.)
-*/
-static int
-adjust_tp_compare(int c)
-{
-	if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
-		if (c != -1 &amp;&amp; c != -2) {
-			PyObject *t, *v, *tb;
-			PyErr_Fetch(&amp;t, &amp;v, &amp;tb);
-			if (PyErr_Warn(PyExc_RuntimeWarning,
-				       "tp_compare didn't return -1 or -2 "
-				       "for exception") &lt; 0) {
-				Py_XDECREF(t);
-				Py_XDECREF(v);
-				Py_XDECREF(tb);
-			}
-			else
-				PyErr_Restore(t, v, tb);
-		}
-		return -2;
-	}
-	else if (c &lt; -1 || c &gt; 1) {
-		if (PyErr_Warn(PyExc_RuntimeWarning,
-			       "tp_compare didn't return -1, 0 or 1") &lt; 0)
-			return -2;
-		else
-			return c &lt; -1 ? -1 : 1;
-	}
-	else {
-		assert(c &gt;= -1 &amp;&amp; c &lt;= 1);
-		return c;
-	}
-}
+/* 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.
+   
+   See (*) below for practical amendments.
 
+   IOW, only cmp() uses tp_compare; the comparison operators (==, !=, &lt;=, &lt;,
+   &gt;=, &gt;) only use tp_richcompare.  Note that list.sort() only uses &lt;.
 
-/* Macro to get the tp_richcompare field of a type if defined */
-#define RICHCOMPARE(t) ((t)-&gt;tp_richcompare)
+   (And yes, eventually we'll rip out cmp() and tp_compare.)
 
-/* Map rich comparison operators to their swapped version, e.g. LT --&gt; GT */
-int _Py_SwappedOp[] = {Py_GT, Py_GE, Py_EQ, Py_NE, Py_LT, Py_LE};
+   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.
 
-/* Try a genuine rich comparison, returning an object.  Return:
-   NULL for exception;
-   NotImplemented if this particular rich comparison is not implemented or
-     undefined;
-   some object not equal to NotImplemented if it is implemented
-     (this latter object may not be a Boolean).
-*/
-static PyObject *
-try_rich_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
-{
-	richcmpfunc f;
-	PyObject *res;
+   The return conventions are also different.
 
-	if (v-&gt;ob_type != w-&gt;ob_type &amp;&amp;
-	    PyType_IsSubtype(w-&gt;ob_type, v-&gt;ob_type) &amp;&amp;
-	    (f = RICHCOMPARE(w-&gt;ob_type)) != NULL) {
-		res = (*f)(w, v, _Py_SwappedOp[op]);
-		if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
-			return res;
-		Py_DECREF(res);
-	}
-	if ((f = RICHCOMPARE(v-&gt;ob_type)) != NULL) {
-		res = (*f)(v, w, op);
-		if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
-			return res;
-		Py_DECREF(res);
-	}
-	if ((f = RICHCOMPARE(w-&gt;ob_type)) != NULL) {
-		return (*f)(w, v, _Py_SwappedOp[op]);
-	}
-	res = Py_NotImplemented;
-	Py_INCREF(res);
-	return res;
-}
+   The tp_compare slot should return a C int, as follows:
 
-/* Try a genuine rich comparison, returning an int.  Return:
-   -1 for exception (including the case where try_rich_compare() returns an
-      object that's not a Boolean);
-    0 if the outcome is false;
-    1 if the outcome is true;
-    2 if this particular rich comparison is not implemented or undefined.
-*/
-static int
-try_rich_compare_bool(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
-{
-	PyObject *res;
-	int ok;
+     -1 if a &lt; b or if an exception occurred
+      0 if a == b
+     +1 if a &gt; b
 
-	if (RICHCOMPARE(v-&gt;ob_type) == NULL &amp;&amp; RICHCOMPARE(w-&gt;ob_type) == NULL)
-		return 2; /* Shortcut, avoid INCREF+DECREF */
-	res = try_rich_compare(v, w, op);
-	if (res == NULL)
-		return -1;
-	if (res == Py_NotImplemented) {
-		Py_DECREF(res);
-		return 2;
-	}
-	ok = PyObject_IsTrue(res);
-	Py_DECREF(res);
-	return ok;
-}
+   No other return values are allowed.  PyObject_Compare() has the same
+   calling convention.
 
-/* Try rich comparisons to determine a 3-way comparison.  Return:
-   -2 for an exception;
-   -1 if v  &lt; w;
-    0 if v == w;
-    1 if v  &gt; w;
-    2 if this particular rich comparison is not implemented or undefined.
-*/
-static int
-try_rich_to_3way_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
-{
-	static struct { int op; int outcome; } tries[3] = {
-		/* Try this operator, and if it is true, use this outcome: */
-		{Py_EQ, 0},
-		{Py_LT, -1},
-		{Py_GT, 1},
-	};
-	int i;
-
-	if (RICHCOMPARE(v-&gt;ob_type) == NULL &amp;&amp; RICHCOMPARE(w-&gt;ob_type) == NULL)
-		return 2; /* Shortcut */
-
-	for (i = 0; i &lt; 3; i++) {
-		switch (try_rich_compare_bool(v, w, tries[i].op)) {
-		case -1:
-			return -2;
-		case 1:
-			return tries[i].outcome;
-		}
-	}
+  The tp_richcompare slot should return an object, as follows:
 
-	return 2;
-}
+    NULL if an exception occurred
+    NotImplemented if the requested comparison is not implemented
+    any other false value if the requested comparison is false
+    any other true value if the requested comparison is true
 
-/* Try a 3-way comparison, returning an int.  Return:
-   -2 for an exception;
-   -1 if v &lt;  w;
-    0 if v == w;
-    1 if v  &gt; w;
-    2 if this particular 3-way comparison is not implemented or undefined.
-*/
-static int
-try_3way_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
-{
-	int c;
-	cmpfunc f;
+  The PyObject_RichCompare[Bool]() wrappers raise TypeError when they get
+  NotImplemented.
 
-	/* Comparisons involving instances are given to instance_compare,
-	   which has the same return conventions as this function. */
-
-	f = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare;
-
-	/* If both have the same (non-NULL) tp_compare, use it. */
-	if (f != NULL &amp;&amp; f == w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare) {
-		c = (*f)(v, w);
-		return adjust_tp_compare(c);
-	}
-
-	/* If either tp_compare is _PyObject_SlotCompare, that's safe. */
-	if (f == _PyObject_SlotCompare ||
-	    w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare == _PyObject_SlotCompare)
-		return _PyObject_SlotCompare(v, w);
-
-	/* If we're here, v and w,
-	    a) are not instances;
-	    b) have different types or a type without tp_compare; and
-	    c) don't have a user-defined tp_compare.
-	   tp_compare implementations in C assume that both arguments
-	   have their type, so we give up if the coercion fails.
-	*/
-	c = PyNumber_CoerceEx(&amp;v, &amp;w);
-	if (c &lt; 0)
-		return -2;
-	if (c &gt; 0)
-		return 2;
-	f = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare;
-	if (f != NULL &amp;&amp; f == w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare) {
-		c = (*f)(v, w);
-		Py_DECREF(v);
-		Py_DECREF(w);
-		return adjust_tp_compare(c);
-	}
+  (*) Practical amendments:
 
-	/* No comparison defined */
-	Py_DECREF(v);
-	Py_DECREF(w);
-	return 2;
-}
+  - If rich comparison returns NotImplemented, == and != are decided by
+    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!).
 
-/* Final fallback 3-way comparison, returning an int.  Return:
-   -2 if an error occurred;
-   -1 if v &lt;  w;
-    0 if v == w;
-    1 if v &gt;  w.
 */
-static int
-default_3way_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
-{
-	int c;
-	const char *vname, *wname;
 
-	if (v-&gt;ob_type == w-&gt;ob_type) {
-		/* When comparing these pointers, they must be cast to
-		 * integer types (i.e. Py_uintptr_t, our spelling of C9X's
-		 * uintptr_t).  ANSI specifies that pointer compares other
-		 * than == and != to non-related structures are undefined.
-		 */
-		Py_uintptr_t vv = (Py_uintptr_t)v;
-		Py_uintptr_t ww = (Py_uintptr_t)w;
-		return (vv &lt; ww) ? -1 : (vv &gt; ww) ? 1 : 0;
-	}
+/* Forward */
+static PyObject *do_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op);
 
-	/* None is smaller than anything */
-	if (v == Py_None)
-		return -1;
-	if (w == Py_None)
-		return 1;
-
-	/* different type: compare type names; numbers are smaller */
-	if (PyNumber_Check(v))
-		vname = "";
-	else
-		vname = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name;
-	if (PyNumber_Check(w))
-		wname = "";
-	else
-		wname = w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name;
-	c = strcmp(vname, wname);
-	if (c &lt; 0)
-		return -1;
-	if (c &gt; 0)
-		return 1;
-	/* Same type name, or (more likely) incomparable numeric types */
-	return ((Py_uintptr_t)(v-&gt;ob_type) &lt; (
-		Py_uintptr_t)(w-&gt;ob_type)) ? -1 : 1;
-}
-
-/* Do a 3-way comparison, by hook or by crook.  Return:
-   -2 for an exception (but see below);
-   -1 if v &lt;  w;
-    0 if v == w;
-    1 if v &gt;  w;
-   BUT: if the object implements a tp_compare function, it returns
-   whatever this function returns (whether with an exception or not).
-*/
+/* Perform a three-way comparison, raising TypeError if three-way comparison
+   is not supported.  */
 static int
-do_cmp(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
+do_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
 {
-	int c;
 	cmpfunc f;
+	int ok;
 
-	if (v-&gt;ob_type == w-&gt;ob_type
-	    &amp;&amp; (f = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare) != NULL) {
-		c = (*f)(v, w);
-		return adjust_tp_compare(c);
-	}
-	/* We only get here if one of the following is true:
-	   a) v and w have different types
-	   b) v and w have the same type, which doesn't have tp_compare
-	   c) v and w are instances, and either __cmp__ is not defined or
-	      __cmp__ returns NotImplemented
-	*/
-	c = try_rich_to_3way_compare(v, w);
-	if (c &lt; 2)
-		return c;
-	c = try_3way_compare(v, w);
-	if (c &lt; 2)
-		return c;
-	return default_3way_compare(v, w);
-}
-
-/* Compare v to w.  Return
-   -1 if v &lt;  w or exception (PyErr_Occurred() true in latter case).
-    0 if v == w.
-    1 if v &gt; w.
-   XXX The docs (C API manual) say the return value is undefined in case
-   XXX of error.
-*/
+	if (v-&gt;ob_type == w-&gt;ob_type &amp;&amp; 
+	    (f = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare) != NULL) {
+		return (*f)(v, w);
+	}
+
+	/* Now try three-way compare before giving up.  This is intentionally
+	   elaborate; if you have a it will raise TypeError if it detects two
+	   objects that aren't ordered with respect to each other. */
+	ok = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, w, Py_LT);
+	if (ok &lt; 0)
+		return -1; /* Error */
+	if (ok)
+		return -1; /* Less than */
+	ok = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, w, Py_GT);
+	if (ok &lt; 0)
+		return -1; /* Error */
+	if (ok)
+		return 1; /* Greater than */
+	ok = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v, w, Py_EQ);
+	if (ok &lt; 0)
+		return -1; /* Error */
+	if (ok)
+		return 0; /* Equal */
+
+	/* Give up */
+	PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+		     "unorderable types: '%.100s' &lt;&gt; '%.100s'",
+		     v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name,
+		     w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* Perform a three-way comparison.  This wraps do_compare() with a check for
+   NULL arguments and a recursion check. */
 int
 PyObject_Compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
 {
-	int result;
+	int res;
 
 	if (v == NULL || w == NULL) {
-		PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+		if (!PyErr_Occurred())
+			PyErr_BadInternalCall();
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (v == w)
-		return 0;
 	if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in cmp"))
 		return -1;
-	result = do_cmp(v, w);
+	res = do_compare(v, w);
 	Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
-	return result &lt; 0 ? -1 : result;
+	return res &lt; 0 ? -1 : res;
 }
 
-/* Return (new reference to) Py_True or Py_False. */
-static PyObject *
-convert_3way_to_object(int op, int c)
-{
-	PyObject *result;
-	switch (op) {
-	case Py_LT: c = c &lt;  0; break;
-	case Py_LE: c = c &lt;= 0; break;
-	case Py_EQ: c = c == 0; break;
-	case Py_NE: c = c != 0; break;
-	case Py_GT: c = c &gt;  0; break;
-	case Py_GE: c = c &gt;= 0; break;
-	}
-	result = c ? Py_True : Py_False;
-	Py_INCREF(result);
-	return result;
-}
-
-/* We want a rich comparison but don't have one.  Try a 3-way cmp instead.
-   Return
-   NULL      if error
-   Py_True   if v op w
-   Py_False  if not (v op w)
-*/
-static PyObject *
-try_3way_to_rich_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
-{
-	int c;
+/* Map rich comparison operators to their swapped version, e.g. LT &lt;--&gt; GT */
+int _Py_SwappedOp[] = {Py_GT, Py_GE, Py_EQ, Py_NE, Py_LT, Py_LE};
 
-	c = try_3way_compare(v, w);
-	if (c &gt;= 2)
-		c = default_3way_compare(v, w);
-	if (c &lt;= -2)
-		return NULL;
-	return convert_3way_to_object(op, c);
-}
+static char *opstrings[] = {"&gt;", "&gt;=", "==", "!=", "&lt;", "&lt;="};
 
-/* Do rich comparison on v and w.  Return
-   NULL      if error
-   Else a new reference to an object other than Py_NotImplemented, usually(?):
-   Py_True   if v op w
-   Py_False  if not (v op w)
-*/
+/* Perform a rich comparison, raising TypeError when the requested comparison
+   operator is not supported. */
 static PyObject *
-do_richcmp(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
+do_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 {
+	richcmpfunc f;
 	PyObject *res;
 
-	res = try_rich_compare(v, w, op);
-	if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
-		return res;
-	Py_DECREF(res);
-
-	return try_3way_to_rich_compare(v, w, op);
+	if (v-&gt;ob_type != w-&gt;ob_type &amp;&amp;
+	    PyType_IsSubtype(w-&gt;ob_type, v-&gt;ob_type) &amp;&amp;
+	    (f = w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_richcompare) != NULL) {
+		res = (*f)(w, v, _Py_SwappedOp[op]);
+		if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
+			return res;
+		Py_DECREF(res);
+	}
+	if ((f = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_richcompare) != NULL) {
+		res = (*f)(v, w, op);
+		if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
+			return res;
+		Py_DECREF(res);
+	}
+	if ((f = w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_richcompare) != NULL) {
+		res = (*f)(w, v, _Py_SwappedOp[op]);
+		if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
+			return res;
+		Py_DECREF(res);
+	}
+	/* If neither object implements it, provide a sensible default
+	   for == and !=, but raise an exception for ordering. */
+	switch (op) {
+	case Py_EQ:
+		res = (v == w) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+		break;
+	case Py_NE:
+		res = (v != w) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+		break;
+	default:
+		PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+			     "unorderable types: %.100s() %s %.100s()",
+			     v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name,
+			     opstrings[op],
+			     w-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	Py_INCREF(res);
+	return res;
 }
 
-/* Return:
-   NULL for exception;
-   some object not equal to NotImplemented if it is implemented
-     (this latter object may not be a Boolean).
-*/
+/* Perform a rich comparison with object result.  This wraps do_richcompare()
+   with a check for NULL arguments and a recursion check. */
+
 PyObject *
 PyObject_RichCompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 {
 	PyObject *res;
 
 	assert(Py_LT &lt;= op &amp;&amp; op &lt;= Py_GE);
-	if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in cmp"))
+	if (v == NULL || w == NULL) {
+		if (!PyErr_Occurred())
+			PyErr_BadInternalCall();
 		return NULL;
-
-	/* If the types are equal, and not old-style instances, try to
-	   get out cheap (don't bother with coercions etc.). */
-	if (v-&gt;ob_type == w-&gt;ob_type) {
-		cmpfunc fcmp;
-		richcmpfunc frich = RICHCOMPARE(v-&gt;ob_type);
-		/* If the type has richcmp, try it first.  try_rich_compare
-		   tries it two-sided, which is not needed since we've a
-		   single type only. */
-		if (frich != NULL) {
-			res = (*frich)(v, w, op);
-			if (res != Py_NotImplemented)
-				goto Done;
-			Py_DECREF(res);
-		}
-		/* No richcmp, or this particular richmp not implemented.
-		   Try 3-way cmp. */
-		fcmp = v-&gt;ob_type-&gt;tp_compare;
-		if (fcmp != NULL) {
-			int c = (*fcmp)(v, w);
-			c = adjust_tp_compare(c);
-			if (c == -2) {
-				res = NULL;
-				goto Done;
-			}
-			res = convert_3way_to_object(op, c);
-			goto Done;
-		}
 	}
-
-	/* Fast path not taken, or couldn't deliver a useful result. */
-	res = do_richcmp(v, w, op);
-Done:
+	if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in cmp"))
+		return NULL;
+	res = do_richcompare(v, w, op);
 	Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
 	return res;
 }
 
-/* Return -1 if error; 1 if v op w; 0 if not (v op w). */
+/* Perform a rich comparison with integer result.  This wraps
+   PyObject_RichCompare(), returning -1 for error, 0 for false, 1 for true. */
 int
 PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 {
 	PyObject *res;
 	int ok;
 
-	/* Quick result when objects are the same.
-	   Guarantees that identity implies equality. */
-	if (v == w) {
-		if (op == Py_EQ)
-			return 1;
-		else if (op == Py_NE)
-			return 0;
-	}
-
 	res = PyObject_RichCompare(v, w, op);
 	if (res == NULL)
 		return -1;
@@ -949,6 +710,44 @@ PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 	return ok;
 }
 
+/* Turn the result of a three-way comparison into the result expected by a
+   rich comparison. */
+PyObject *
+Py_CmpToRich(int op, int cmp)
+{
+	PyObject *res;
+	int ok;
+
+	if (PyErr_Occurred())
+		return NULL;
+	switch (op) {
+	case Py_LT:
+		ok = cmp &lt;  0; 
+		break;
+	case Py_LE:
+		ok = cmp &lt;= 0; 
+		break;
+	case Py_EQ:
+		ok = cmp == 0; 
+		break;
+	case Py_NE:
+		ok = cmp != 0; 
+		break;
+	case Py_GT: 
+		ok = cmp &gt;  0; 
+		break;
+	case Py_GE:
+		ok = cmp &gt;= 0; 
+		break;
+	default:
+		PyErr_BadArgument(); 
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	res = ok ? Py_True : Py_False;
+	Py_INCREF(res);
+	return res;
+}
+
 /* Set of hash utility functions to help maintaining the invariant that
 	if a==b then hash(a)==hash(b)
 
@@ -1832,6 +1631,9 @@ _Py_ReadyTypes(void)
 
 	if (PyType_Ready(&amp;PyNotImplemented_Type) &lt; 0)
 		Py_FatalError("Can't initialize type(NotImplemented)");
+
+	if (PyType_Ready(&amp;PyCode_Type) &lt; 0)
+		Py_FatalError("Can't initialize 'code'");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Objects/sliceobject.c b/Objects/sliceobject.c
index d8a2465..0075a4e 100644
--- a/Objects/sliceobject.c
+++ b/Objects/sliceobject.c
@@ -280,25 +280,55 @@ static PyMethodDef slice_methods[] = {
 	{NULL, NULL}
 };
 
-static int
-slice_compare(PySliceObject *v, PySliceObject *w)
+static PyObject *
+slice_richcompare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
 {
-	int result = 0;
-
-        if (v == w)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (PyObject_Cmp(v-&gt;start, w-&gt;start, &amp;result) &lt; 0)
-	    return -2;
-	if (result != 0)
-		return result;
-	if (PyObject_Cmp(v-&gt;stop, w-&gt;stop, &amp;result) &lt; 0)
-	    return -2;
-	if (result != 0)
-		return result;
-	if (PyObject_Cmp(v-&gt;step, w-&gt;step, &amp;result) &lt; 0)
-	    return -2;
-	return result;
+	PyObject *t1;
+	PyObject *t2;
+	PyObject *res;
+
+	if (v == w) {
+		/* XXX Do we really need this shortcut?
+		   There's a unit test for it, but is that fair? */
+		switch (op) {
+		case Py_EQ: 
+		case Py_LE:
+		case Py_GE:
+			res = Py_True; 
+			break;
+		default:
+			res = Py_False; 
+			break;
+		}
+		Py_INCREF(res);
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	t1 = PyTuple_New(3);
+	t2 = PyTuple_New(3);
+	if (t1 == NULL || t2 == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 0, ((PySliceObject *)v)-&gt;start);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 1, ((PySliceObject *)v)-&gt;stop);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 2, ((PySliceObject *)v)-&gt;step);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 0, ((PySliceObject *)w)-&gt;start);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 1, ((PySliceObject *)w)-&gt;stop);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 2, ((PySliceObject *)w)-&gt;step);
+
+	res = PyObject_RichCompare(t1, t2, op);
+
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 0, NULL);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 1, NULL);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t1, 2, NULL);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 0, NULL);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 1, NULL);
+	PyTuple_SET_ITEM(t2, 2, NULL);
+
+	Py_DECREF(t1);
+	Py_DECREF(t2);
+
+	return res;
 }
 
 static long
@@ -318,7 +348,7 @@ PyTypeObject PySlice_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,					/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	(cmpfunc)slice_compare, 		/* tp_compare */
+	0,			 		/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)slice_repr,   		/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	0,	    				/* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -333,7 +363,7 @@ PyTypeObject PySlice_Type = {
 	slice_doc,				/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	slice_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index d19801f..d16c6b4 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -361,16 +361,6 @@ static PyGetSetDef type_getsets[] = {
 	{0}
 };
 
-static int
-type_compare(PyObject *v, PyObject *w)
-{
-	/* This is called with type objects only. So we
-	   can just compare the addresses. */
-	Py_uintptr_t vv = (Py_uintptr_t)v;
-	Py_uintptr_t ww = (Py_uintptr_t)w;
-	return (vv &lt; ww) ? -1 : (vv &gt; ww) ? 1 : 0;
-}
-
 static PyObject *
 type_repr(PyTypeObject *type)
 {
@@ -2192,12 +2182,12 @@ PyTypeObject PyType_Type = {
 	0,					/* tp_print */
 	0,			 		/* tp_getattr */
 	0,					/* tp_setattr */
-	type_compare,				/* tp_compare */
+	0,					/* tp_compare */
 	(reprfunc)type_repr,			/* tp_repr */
 	0,					/* tp_as_number */
 	0,					/* tp_as_sequence */
 	0,					/* tp_as_mapping */
-	(hashfunc)_Py_HashPointer,		/* tp_hash */
+	0,					/* tp_hash */
 	(ternaryfunc)type_call,			/* tp_call */
 	0,					/* tp_str */
 	(getattrofunc)type_getattro,		/* tp_getattro */
@@ -2302,6 +2292,30 @@ object_str(PyObject *self)
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+object_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
+{
+	PyObject *res;
+
+	switch (op) {
+
+	case Py_EQ:
+		res = (self == other) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+		break;
+
+	case Py_NE:
+		res = (self != other) ? Py_True : Py_False;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		res = Py_NotImplemented;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	Py_INCREF(res);
+	return res;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 object_get_class(PyObject *self, void *closure)
 {
 	Py_INCREF(self-&gt;ob_type);
@@ -2703,7 +2717,7 @@ PyTypeObject PyBaseObject_Type = {
 	PyDoc_STR("The most base type"),	/* tp_doc */
 	0,					/* tp_traverse */
 	0,					/* tp_clear */
-	0,					/* tp_richcompare */
+	object_richcompare,			/* tp_richcompare */
 	0,					/* tp_weaklistoffset */
 	0,					/* tp_iter */
 	0,					/* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Objects/weakrefobject.c b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
index f814306..206a455 100644
--- a/Objects/weakrefobject.c
+++ b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
 static PyObject *
 weakref_richcompare(PyWeakReference* self, PyWeakReference* other, int op)
 {
-    if (op != Py_EQ || self-&gt;ob_type != other-&gt;ob_type) {
+    if ((op != Py_EQ &amp;&amp; op != Py_NE) ||
+	!PyWeakref_Check(self) ||
+	!PyWeakref_Check(other)) {
         Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
         return Py_NotImplemented;
     }
@@ -458,12 +460,12 @@ proxy_setattr(PyWeakReference *proxy, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
     return PyObject_SetAttr(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(proxy), name, value);
 }
 
-static int
-proxy_compare(PyObject *proxy, PyObject *v)
+static PyObject *
+proxy_richcompare(PyObject *proxy, PyObject *v, int op)
 {
-    UNWRAP_I(proxy);
-    UNWRAP_I(v);
-    return PyObject_Compare(proxy, v);
+    UNWRAP(proxy);
+    UNWRAP(v);
+    return PyObject_RichCompare(proxy, v, op);
 }
 
 /* number slots */
@@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ _PyWeakref_ProxyType = {
     0,				        /* tp_print */
     0,				        /* tp_getattr */
     0, 				        /* tp_setattr */
-    proxy_compare,		        /* tp_compare */
+    0,				        /* tp_compare */
     (reprfunc)proxy_repr,	        /* tp_repr */
     &amp;proxy_as_number,		        /* tp_as_number */
     &amp;proxy_as_sequence,		        /* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -664,7 +666,7 @@ _PyWeakref_ProxyType = {
     0,                                  /* tp_doc */
     (traverseproc)gc_traverse,          /* tp_traverse */
     (inquiry)gc_clear,                  /* tp_clear */
-    0,                                  /* tp_richcompare */
+    proxy_richcompare,                  /* tp_richcompare */
     0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     (getiterfunc)proxy_iter,            /* tp_iter */
     (iternextfunc)proxy_iternext,       /* tp_iternext */
@@ -683,7 +685,7 @@ _PyWeakref_CallableProxyType = {
     0,				        /* tp_print */
     0,				        /* tp_getattr */
     0, 				        /* tp_setattr */
-    proxy_compare,		        /* tp_compare */
+    0,				        /* tp_compare */
     (unaryfunc)proxy_repr,	        /* tp_repr */
     &amp;proxy_as_number,		        /* tp_as_number */
     &amp;proxy_as_sequence,		        /* tp_as_sequence */
@@ -698,7 +700,7 @@ _PyWeakref_CallableProxyType = {
     0,                                  /* tp_doc */
     (traverseproc)gc_traverse,          /* tp_traverse */
     (inquiry)gc_clear,                  /* tp_clear */
-    0,                                  /* tp_richcompare */
+    proxy_richcompare,                  /* tp_richcompare */
     0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     (getiterfunc)proxy_iter,            /* tp_iter */
     (iternextfunc)proxy_iternext,       /* tp_iternext */
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 16758d7..6309624 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -1324,9 +1324,10 @@ get_len_of_range_longs(PyObject *lo, PyObject *hi, PyObject *step)
 	PyObject *tmp1 = NULL, *tmp2 = NULL, *tmp3 = NULL;
 		/* holds sub-expression evaluations */
 
-	/* if (lo &gt;= hi), return length of 0. */
-	if (PyObject_Compare(lo, hi) &gt;= 0)
-		return 0;
+	/* If (lo &gt;= hi), return length of 0 (or error). */
+	n = PyObject_RichCompareBool(lo, hi, Py_LT);
+	if (n &lt;= 0)
+		return n;
 
 	if ((one = PyLong_FromLong(1L)) == NULL)
 		goto Fail;
@@ -1378,7 +1379,7 @@ handle_range_longs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *v = NULL;
 	long bign;
 	int i, n;
-	int cmp_result;
+	int step_pos;
 
 	PyObject *zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
 
@@ -1439,17 +1440,20 @@ handle_range_longs(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 		goto Fail;
 	}
 
-	if (PyObject_Cmp(istep, zero, &amp;cmp_result) == -1)
+	step_pos = PyObject_RichCompareBool(istep, zero, Py_GT);
+	if (step_pos &lt; 0)
 		goto Fail;
-	if (cmp_result == 0) {
-		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-				"range() step argument must not be zero");
-		goto Fail;
-	}
-
-	if (cmp_result &gt; 0)
+	if (step_pos)
 		bign = get_len_of_range_longs(ilow, ihigh, istep);
 	else {
+		int step_zero = PyObject_RichCompareBool(istep, zero, Py_EQ);
+		if (step_zero &lt; 0)
+			goto Fail;
+		if (step_zero) {
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+				"range() step argument must not be zero");
+			goto Fail;
+		}
 		PyObject *neg_istep = PyNumber_Negative(istep);
 		if (neg_istep == NULL)
 			goto Fail;
-- 
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