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Expand Up @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ This table summarizes the comparison operations:
pair: object; numeric
pair: objects; comparing

Objects of different types, except different numeric types, never compare equal.
Objects of different types, unless documented otherwise, never compare equal.
The ``==`` operator is always defined but for some object types (for example,
class objects) is equivalent to :keyword:`is`. The ``<``, ``<=``, ``>`` and ``>=``
operators are only defined where they make sense; for example, they raise a
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