__lt__ instead of __cmp__

Question

Python 2.x has two ways to overload comparison operators, __cmp__ or the \"rich comparison operators\" such as __lt__. The rich comparison overloads are said to be

Answer 1

This is covered by PEP 207 - Rich Comparisons

Also, __cmp__ goes away in python 3.0. ( Note that it is not present on http://docs.python.org/3.0/reference/datamodel.html but it IS on http://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/datamodel.html )