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[Python-Dev] Overloading comparison operator for lists

Montana Burr montana.burr at gmail.com
Sun May 26 23:52:17 EDT 2019 
NumPy arrays have this awesome feature, where array == 3 does an
element-wise comparison and returns a list. For example:

np.array([1,2,3,4,5])==3

returns

[False,False,True,False,False]

It would be cool if Python had similar functionality for lists.

If that is not possible, perhaps we could consider allowing developers to
overload operators on built-in types within the context of a project or
module. For example, an overload in one module would have no effect on the
same operator in a different module (such as any Python standard modules.)
Additionally, let's then give the developers the option to explicitly
import an overload from other modules. So, people could develop a module
with the  purpose of providing overloads that make complete sense within a
certain context.
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