On 18/02/2014 15:45, Terry Reedy wrote:
Sorry if this has already been suggested, but why not introduce a new singleton to make the database people happier if not happy? To avoid confusion call it dbnull? A reasonable compromise or complete cobblers? :)On 2/18/2014 12:11 AM, Greg Ewing wrote:Nobody is asking for a return to the arbitrary-but- [in]consistent mess of Python 2, only to bring back *one* special case, i.e. None comparing less than everything else.For a < None, that is only the fallback rule if a does not handle the comparison. The result is a mess, including a possible inconsistency between direct comparison and cmp. See my previous posts. 'Bringing back' what was or an improved version would be a semantic change that could break code and would require a two-version deprecation period.
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