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Bugs item #1760423, was opened at 2007-07-25 11:39
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: No docs for list comparison

Initial Comment:
AFAICT there is no documentation for the behaviour of <, > or == for sequences. == is perhaps obvious but it would be worth noting that < and > for lists and strings does a lexicographical comparison on the list elements or string characters.

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Comment By: Carsten Haese (chaese)
Date: 2007-07-27 08:29

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http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html works for me.

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Bugs item #1760423, was opened at 2007-07-25 15:39
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: No docs for list comparison

Initial Comment:
AFAICT there is no documentation for the behaviour of <, > or == for sequences. == is perhaps obvious but it would be worth noting that < and > for lists and strings does a lexicographical comparison on the list elements or string characters.

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>Comment By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:52

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Yes, that is what I was looking for. It seems a strange place for the
information. Could this be cross-referenced from the Library Reference? I
never even thought to look for it in the Language Ref. Other list
operations are documented in
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html
and this page discusses comparison of library types in general:
http://docs.python.org/lib/comparisons.html

I think it would be worth either repeating or linking to the information
from the language ref on either of these pages.

Thanks,
Kent

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Comment By: Carsten Haese (chaese)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:29

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http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html works for me.

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Bugs item #1760423, was opened at 2007-07-25 15:39
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: No docs for list comparison

Initial Comment:
AFAICT there is no documentation for the behaviour of <, > or == for sequences. == is perhaps obvious but it would be worth noting that < and > for lists and strings does a lexicographical comparison on the list elements or string characters.

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Comment By: Mark Summerfield (m_n_summerfield)
Date: 2007-08-03 11:19

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I've added a note plus a cross-reference to the comparisons coverage in
the language reference.
This won't appear until Python 2.6 though.

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Comment By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:52

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Yes, that is what I was looking for. It seems a strange place for the
information. Could this be cross-referenced from the Library Reference? I
never even thought to look for it in the Language Ref. Other list
operations are documented in
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html
and this page discusses comparison of library types in general:
http://docs.python.org/lib/comparisons.html

I think it would be worth either repeating or linking to the information
from the language ref on either of these pages.

Thanks,
Kent

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Comment By: Carsten Haese (chaese)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:29

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http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html works for me.

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Bugs item #1760423, was opened at 2007-07-25 15:39
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.5
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: No docs for list comparison

Initial Comment:
AFAICT there is no documentation for the behaviour of <, > or == for sequences. == is perhaps obvious but it would be worth noting that < and > for lists and strings does a lexicographical comparison on the list elements or string characters.

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2007-08-03 11:36

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Fixed in rev. 56698.

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Comment By: Mark Summerfield (m_n_summerfield)
Date: 2007-08-03 11:19

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I've added a note plus a cross-reference to the comparisons coverage in
the language reference.
This won't appear until Python 2.6 though.

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Comment By: Kent Johnson (kjohnson)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:52

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Yes, that is what I was looking for. It seems a strange place for the
information. Could this be cross-referenced from the Library Reference? I
never even thought to look for it in the Language Ref. Other list
operations are documented in
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq.html
and this page discusses comparison of library types in general:
http://docs.python.org/lib/comparisons.html

I think it would be worth either repeating or linking to the information
from the language ref on either of these pages.

Thanks,
Kent

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Comment By: Carsten Haese (chaese)
Date: 2007-07-27 12:29

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http://docs.python.org/ref/comparisons.html works for me.

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