Making classes support comparison operations in Python

This lesson is a recipe from the Python Cookbook that explores being able to compare instances of your class using the standard comparison operators, but without having to write a lot of special methods, and avoiding the tedious task of creating implementations of every possible comparison operator....

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Main Authors: Jones, Brian K., Beazley, David M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] O'Reilly 2016
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Summary:This lesson is a recipe from the Python Cookbook that explores being able to compare instances of your class using the standard comparison operators, but without having to write a lot of special methods, and avoiding the tedious task of creating implementations of every possible comparison operator. What you'll learn--and how you can apply it Learn how to use the functools.total_ordering decorator to simplify the comparison operator creation process. This lesson is for you because... You're an experienced Python programmer who wants to compare instances of your class using standard comparison operators without having to write a lot of special methods. Prerequisites Moderate experience with Python Materials or downloads needed None
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from cover (viewed February 20, 2017). - From Python cookbook, third edition, by Brian K. Jones and David Beazley. Cf. Cover. - Date of publication from resource description page
Physical Description:1 volume illustrations