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Comparison of objects of distinct types

What’s the suggested Python semantics for ordering of objects of distinct types? In other words, what behavior should one implement when a custom-written comparison method (using rich comparisons like e.g. __lt__, but perhaps also when using the ‘poor’ comparison __cmp__ in Python 2) encounters an object of a different type than self?

Should one invent an order, e.g. “all unexpected objects…