[Zope] Operator overriding not working with Zope class.

[Sean Hastings]

It might be an order of inheritance issue. Try changing the order in which
you declare the parent classes:

class ZPerson(ZopeClasseses, ..., Person):
	....

--Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-bounces at zope.org [mailto:zope-bounces at zope.org]On Behalf Of
> Etienne Labuschagne
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:05 AM
> To: zope at zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] Operator overriding not working with Zope class.
>
>
> I have two classes:
>
> class Person:
>      ....
>
> class ZPerson(Person, ZopeClasses....):
>      ....
>
> in Person 'n override __gt__, __lt__, and some others.
>
>  >>> p1 = Person()
>  >>> p2 = Person()
>  >>> p1.age = 20
>  >>> p2.age = 30
>  >>> p2 > p1
> True
>
> this doesn't work for the derived Zope class:
>  >>> p1 = ZPerson() #ok, I create this in the "proper" zope way and
>                     #later retrieve it, but you get the idea
>  >>> p2 = ZPerson()
>  >>> p1.age = 20
>  >>> p2.age = 30
>  >>> p2 > p1
> False
>  >>> p2.__gt__(p1)
> True
>
> For some reason my __gt__ is not used when using the > operator.  If
> called explicitly, it works properly.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Etienne
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