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Python: A bug waiting to happen.
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comparing_strings_and_integers_in_python.txt
Python2 vs Python3
A bug waiting to happen.
Python2
>>> x = 1
>>> y = '234'
>>> x == y
False
>>> x < y
True
>>> x > y
False
Python3, quite a bit better IMO
>>> x = 1
>>> y = '234'
>>> x == y
False
>>> x < y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unorderable types: int() < str()
>>> x > y
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unorderable types: int() > str()
>>>
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