Message6629

C:\>C:\jython252\jython.bat
Jython 2.5.2 (Release_2_5_2:7206, Mar 2 2011, 23:12:06)
[Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (Sun Microsystems Inc.)] on java1.5.0_21
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import this
The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

[snip]
> Explicit is better than implicit.
[snip]
> Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
> Although practicality beats purity.
[snip]
> In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.

Jeff, you've carried out a detailed analysis of this problem. Is the users use case and assertion sufficient justification to modify jython?

"If the __cmp__ method and the __eq__ method us different criteria for equality (generally a bad idea, admittedly)"

Call it.

Alan.