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# list of tuples in form of (priority_number, data)
bugged = [
(-25.691, {'feedback': 13, 'sentiment': 0.309, 'support_ticket': 5}), (-25.691, {'feedback': 11, 'sentiment': 0.309, 'support_ticket': 3}), (-25.0, {'feedback': 23, 'sentiment': 0.0, 'support_ticket': 15}),
]
from queue import PriorityQueue
pq = PriorityQueue()
for item in bugged:
 pq.put(item)
# TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'dict' and 'dict'
It seems that if priority_numbers are equal, heapq.heapify() falls back to comparing data element from tuple (priority_number, data).
I belive this is an undesired behaviour.
It is acctually listed as one of implementation challenges on https://docs.python.org/3/library/heapq.html:
"Tuple comparison breaks for (priority, task) pairs if the priorities are equal and the tasks do not have a default comparison order."
In python 2.7 the issue in not present and PriorityQueue.put() works as expected