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class Book:
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def __lt__(self, other):
return (self.author, self.title) < (other.author, other.title)
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axelarge commented Mar 1, 2014

How about this to reduce duplication (makes sense if there are many variables)

class Book:
    def tupled():
        return (self.author, self.title)

    def __lt__(self, other):
        return self.tupled() < other.tupled()

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