From 144958552974edb92c6d6bfce09eed54d78de045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:28:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #132921: None treated differently in cmp() / sort() in 2.1a2. Just mentioning that in the NEWS file. --- Misc/NEWS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index cf4e6e36b65..8c04875ac82 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ Core language, builtins, and interpreter complex numbers except for equality, I hope that this doesn't break too much code. +- The outcome of comparing non-numeric objects of differerent types is + not defined by the language, other than that it's arbitrary but + consistent (see the Reference Manual). An implementation detail changed + in 2.1a1 such that None now compares less than any other object. Code + relying on this new behavior (like code that relied on the previous + behavior) does so at its own risk. + - Functions and methods now support getting and setting arbitrarily named attributes (PEP 232). Functions have a new __dict__ (a.k.a. func_dict) which hold the function attributes. Methods get