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values of two objects. The objects need not have the same type. If both are
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numbers, they are converted to a common type. Otherwise, objects of different
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types *always* compare unequal, and are ordered consistently but arbitrarily.
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a ``__cmp__`` method or rich comparison methods like ``__gt__``, described in
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section :ref:`specialnames`.