overloading __lt, __le to return a userdefined object

["Mustafa K. Atlihan" <mkatlihan@...>]

It doesn't seem possible to overload __lt, __le to return a result other
than a boolean. This is in contrast to other operators __add, __sub, etc...
I think this is an important one to be considered for a fix in the coming
version. Normally, the caller should have the means to define what the
output of a logical comparison, e.g. obj3 = obj1 < obj2.

Any suggestions for a workaround would be highly appreciated. I currently
use local functions that allows computation of obj3 = myLT(obj1,obj2).

Best
MKA

 

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