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python Programming Glossary: comparisons

__lt__ instead of __cmp__

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1061283/lt-instead-of-cmp

then __cmp__ gets quite simple and fulfills all the comparisons class A object def __init__ self name age other self.name name.. my needs much better than overloading all 6 of the rich comparisons. However you can get it down to just 4 if you rely on the swapped.. but only about differences when using these operators for comparisons in the same sense that they mean for numbers. Update As Christopher..

What does python sys.intern do, and when should it be used?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1136826/what-does-python-sys-intern-do-and-when-should-it-be-used

are interned and the lookup key is interned the key comparisons after hashing can be done by a pointer compare instead of a..

Why is numpy's einsum faster than numpy's built in functions?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18365073/why-is-numpys-einsum-faster-than-numpys-built-in-functions

as fast with np.einsum . These should be apples to apples comparisons as everything is specifically of dtype np.double . I would expect..

Python's in (__contains__) operator returns a bool whose value is neither True nor False

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19751556/pythons-in-contains-operator-returns-a-bool-whose-value-is-neither-true-n

chaining 1 in False does not mean 1 in False . Rather comparisons are chained and the expression really means 1 in and False Because.. whatever the value of something_else would be . See the comparisons expressions documentation Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily..

Why is ''>0 True in Python? [duplicate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2384078/why-is-0-true-in-python

The original design motivation for allowing order comparisons of arbitrary objects was to allow sorting of heterogenous lists..

Is False == 0 and True == 1 in Python an implementation detail or is it guaranteed by the language?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2764017/is-false-0-and-true-1-in-python-an-implementation-detail-or-is-it-guarante

True and boolean False are still properly returned for comparisons. In Python 3.x True and False are keywords and will always be..

String comparison in Python: is vs. == [duplicate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2988017/string-comparison-in-python-is-vs

rely on it. For boolean values you shouldn't be doing comparisons at all. Instead of if x True # do something write if x # do..

What are the differences between Perl, Python, AWK and sed? [closed]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/366980/what-are-the-differences-between-perl-python-awk-and-sed

like topic just information. python perl sed awk language comparisons share improve this question In order of appearance the languages..

Reversible hash function?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4273466/reversible-hash-function

like 9874362483910978 but not in a way that will preserve comparisons so it must not be always true that if x1 x2 f x1 f x2 but neither..

How to read Unicode input and compare Unicode strings in Python?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/477061/how-to-read-unicode-input-and-compare-unicode-strings-in-python

of the cases. We need more data about not working Unicode comparisons in order to help you. However it might be a matter of normalization...

FSharp runs my algorithm slower than Python!

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5850243/fsharp-runs-my-algorithm-slower-than-python

by default use structural comparison so in principle the comparisons done by the Dictionary on the keys are the same with or without.. below also says that we should always use Structural comparisons when using .NET collections . Dear F# team in MS if there is..

Good Python modules for fuzzy string comparison?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/682367/good-python-modules-for-fuzzy-string-comparison

for a Python module that can do simple fuzzy string comparisons. Specifically I'd like a percentage of how similar the strings.. so I was hoping to find a library that can do positional comparisons as well as longest similar string matches among other things...

Why does 4 < '3' return True in Python 2?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7969552/why-does-4-3-return-true-in-python-2

string in Python 2. In Python 3 you can't make arbitrary comparisons. You'll get a TypeError . From the link in eryksun's comment..