From f82c44283d64f975e83821865a97038f03198dae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:29:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Better comparison so that sorting for merges works.

---
 shredcompare.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shredcompare.py b/shredcompare.py
index b4263c6..0e08cba 100755
--- a/shredcompare.py
+++ b/shredcompare.py
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ class Range:
             text += rfp.readline()
         rfp.close()
         return text
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        return cmp((self.file, self.start, self.end), 
+                   (other.file, other.start, other.end))
     def __str__(self):
         # 0-origin line numbers internally, 1-origin externally.
         return "%s:%d-%d" % (self.file, self.start+1, self.end)
-- 
2.43.0