Question

Does python internally overload the “==” when I implement the __cmp__ function in my class, just how we do that in C++ ?

Just curious. I am new to python. 🙂

Answer 1

The meaning of == as used in your Python code changes when you define __cmp__. In this particular sense, the “==-operator” on the Python level is modified by your definition of __cmp__ (note that this is only true if you don’t also define __eq__).

But the operator== on the C++ level is not affected by this, for two reasons:

• Python isn’t implemented in C++, but in C, and there is no operator overloading
• Python itself isn’t recompiled when you write or use your Python code