Issue #23326: Removed __ne__ implementations. Since fixing default __ne__

implementation in issue #21408 they are redundant.

Lib/_pydecimal.py

@@ -923,15 +923,6 @@ class Decimal(object):
             return False
         return self._cmp(other) == 0
 
-    def __ne__(self, other, context=None):
-        self, other = _convert_for_comparison(self, other, equality_op=True)
-        if other is NotImplemented:
-            return other
-        if self._check_nans(other, context):
-            return True
-        return self._cmp(other) != 0
-
-
     def __lt__(self, other, context=None):
         self, other = _convert_for_comparison(self, other)
         if other is NotImplemented:

Lib/argparse.py

@@ -1209,11 +1209,6 @@ class Namespace(_AttributeHolder):
             return NotImplemented
         return vars(self) == vars(other)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if not isinstance(other, Namespace):
-            return NotImplemented
-        return not (self == other)
-
     def __contains__(self, key):
         return key in self.__dict__
 

Lib/asyncio/events.py

@@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ class TimerHandle(Handle):
                     self._cancelled == other._cancelled)
         return NotImplemented
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        equal = self.__eq__(other)
-        return NotImplemented if equal is NotImplemented else not equal
-
     def cancel(self):
         if not self._cancelled:
             self._loop._timer_handle_cancelled(self)

Lib/collections/__init__.py

@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ class UserList(MutableSequence):
     def __lt__(self, other): return self.data <  self.__cast(other)
     def __le__(self, other): return self.data <= self.__cast(other)
     def __eq__(self, other): return self.data == self.__cast(other)
-    def __ne__(self, other): return self.data != self.__cast(other)
     def __gt__(self, other): return self.data >  self.__cast(other)
     def __ge__(self, other): return self.data >= self.__cast(other)
     def __cast(self, other):
@@ -1064,10 +1063,6 @@ class UserString(Sequence):
         if isinstance(string, UserString):
             return self.data == string.data
         return self.data == string
-    def __ne__(self, string):
-        if isinstance(string, UserString):
-            return self.data != string.data
-        return self.data != string
     def __lt__(self, string):
         if isinstance(string, UserString):
             return self.data < string.data

Lib/datetime.py

@@ -567,12 +567,6 @@ class timedelta:
         else:
             return False
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, timedelta):
-            return self._cmp(other) != 0
-        else:
-            return True
-
     def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, timedelta):
             return self._cmp(other) <= 0
@@ -804,11 +798,6 @@ class date:
             return self._cmp(other) == 0
         return NotImplemented
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, date):
-            return self._cmp(other) != 0
-        return NotImplemented
-
     def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, date):
             return self._cmp(other) <= 0
@@ -1079,12 +1068,6 @@ class time:
         else:
             return False
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, time):
-            return self._cmp(other, allow_mixed=True) != 0
-        else:
-            return True
-
     def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, time):
             return self._cmp(other) <= 0
@@ -1651,14 +1634,6 @@ class datetime(date):
         else:
             return False
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, datetime):
-            return self._cmp(other, allow_mixed=True) != 0
-        elif not isinstance(other, date):
-            return NotImplemented
-        else:
-            return True
-
     def __le__(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, datetime):
             return self._cmp(other) <= 0

Lib/distutils/version.py

@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ class Version:
             return c
         return c == 0
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        c = self._cmp(other)
-        if c is NotImplemented:
-            return c
-        return c != 0
-
     def __lt__(self, other):
         c = self._cmp(other)
         if c is NotImplemented:

Lib/email/charset.py

@@ -249,9 +249,6 @@ class Charset:
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return str(self) == str(other).lower()
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
     def get_body_encoding(self):
         """Return the content-transfer-encoding used for body encoding.
 

Lib/email/header.py

@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ class Header:
         # args and do another comparison.
         return other == str(self)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self == other
-
     def append(self, s, charset=None, errors='strict'):
         """Append a string to the MIME header.
 

Lib/functools.py

@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ def cmp_to_key(mycmp):
             return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) <= 0
         def __ge__(self, other):
             return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) >= 0
-        def __ne__(self, other):
-            return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) != 0
         __hash__ = None
     return K
 

Lib/inspect.py

@@ -2255,9 +2255,6 @@ class Parameter:
                 self._default == other._default and
                 self._annotation == other._annotation)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
 
 class BoundArguments:
     """Result of `Signature.bind` call.  Holds the mapping of arguments
@@ -2342,9 +2339,6 @@ class BoundArguments:
                 self.signature == other.signature and
                 self.arguments == other.arguments)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
 
 class Signature:
     """A Signature object represents the overall signature of a function.
@@ -2559,9 +2553,6 @@ class Signature:
         return (isinstance(other, Signature) and
                 self._hash_basis() == other._hash_basis())
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
     def _bind(self, args, kwargs, *, partial=False):
         """Private method. Don't use directly."""
 

Lib/sched.py

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ __all__ = ["scheduler"]
 
 class Event(namedtuple('Event', 'time, priority, action, argument, kwargs')):
     def __eq__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) == (o.time, o.priority)
-    def __ne__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) != (o.time, o.priority)
     def __lt__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) <  (o.time, o.priority)
     def __le__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) <= (o.time, o.priority)
     def __gt__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) >  (o.time, o.priority)

Lib/test/datetimetester.py

@@ -1305,8 +1305,6 @@ class TestDate(HarmlessMixedComparison, unittest.TestCase):
                 return isinstance(other, LargerThanAnything)
             def __eq__(self, other):
                 return isinstance(other, LargerThanAnything)
-            def __ne__(self, other):
-                return not isinstance(other, LargerThanAnything)
             def __gt__(self, other):
                 return not isinstance(other, LargerThanAnything)
             def __ge__(self, other):

Lib/test/test_argparse.py

@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@ class NS(object):
     def __eq__(self, other):
         return vars(self) == vars(other)
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not (self == other)
-
 
 class ArgumentParserError(Exception):
 

Lib/test/test_long.py

@@ -599,8 +599,6 @@ class LongTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 return (x > y) - (x < y)
             def __eq__(self, other):
                 return self._cmp__(other) == 0
-            def __ne__(self, other):
-                return self._cmp__(other) != 0
             def __ge__(self, other):
                 return self._cmp__(other) >= 0
             def __gt__(self, other):

Lib/unittest/mock.py

@@ -2015,10 +2015,6 @@ class _Call(tuple):
         return (other_args, other_kwargs) == (self_args, self_kwargs)
 
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return not self.__eq__(other)
-
-
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.name is None:
             return _Call(('', args, kwargs), name='()')

Lib/uuid.py

@@ -185,11 +185,6 @@ class UUID(object):
             return self.int == other.int
         return NotImplemented
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, UUID):
-            return self.int != other.int
-        return NotImplemented
-
     # Q. What's the value of being able to sort UUIDs?
     # A. Use them as keys in a B-Tree or similar mapping.
 

Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py

@@ -545,9 +545,6 @@ class NamedNodeMap(object):
     def __lt__(self, other):
         return self._cmp(other) < 0
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        return self._cmp(other) != 0
-
     def __getitem__(self, attname_or_tuple):
         if isinstance(attname_or_tuple, tuple):
             return self._attrsNS[attname_or_tuple]

Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py

@@ -532,10 +532,6 @@ class QName:
         if isinstance(other, QName):
             return self.text == other.text
         return self.text == other
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, QName):
-            return self.text != other.text
-        return self.text != other
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Lib/xmlrpc/client.py

@@ -340,10 +340,6 @@ class DateTime:
         s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
         return s == o
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
-        return s != o
-
     def timetuple(self):
         return time.strptime(self.value, "%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
 
@@ -407,11 +403,6 @@ class Binary:
             other = other.data
         return self.data == other
 
-    def __ne__(self, other):
-        if isinstance(other, Binary):
-            other = other.data
-        return self.data != other
-
     def decode(self, data):
         self.data = base64.decodebytes(data)
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #23326: Removed __ne__ implementations.  Since fixing default __ne__
+  implementation in issue #21408 they are redundant.
+
 - Issue #14099: Restored support of writing ZIP files to tellable but
   non-seekable streams.