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Not sure the best way to title this question, but how can I override or perform min(a, b) or max(a, b) on objects of a class i made? I can override the gt and lt like below but I would like to override the min or max so that I'll be able to use something like max(a, b, c ,d). The class will have multiple property as well, but I think 2 for this example is sufficient.

class MyClass:
 def __init__(self, item1, item2):
 self.item1 = item1
 self.item2 = item2

 def __gt__(self, other):
 if isinstance(other, MyClass):
 if self.item1 > other.item1:
 return True
 elif self.item1 <= other.item1:
 return False
 elif self.item2 > other.item2:
 return True
 elif self.item2 <= other.item2:
 return False

 def __lt__(self, other):
 if isinstance(other, MyClass):
 if self.item1 < other.item1:
 return True
 elif self.item1 >= other.item1:
 return False
 elif self.item2 < other.item2:
 return True
 elif self.item2 >= other.item2:
 return False

Ex:

a = MyClass(2,3)
b = MyClass(3,3)

print(a > b)
# False

I tried overriding __cmp__ but that doesnt seem to work.

Would like to be able to do max(a, b) and return b object

Just override the comparison magic methods

class A(object):

 def __init__(self, value):
 self.value = value

 def __lt__(self, other):
 return self.value < other.value

 def __lt__(self, other):
 return self.value <= other.value

 def __eq__(self, other):
 return self.value == other.value

 def __ne__(self, other):
 return self.value != other.value

 def __gt__(self, other):
 return self.value > other.value

 def __ge__(self, other):
 return self.value < other.value

 def __str__(self):
 return str(self.value)

a = A(10)
b = A(20)
min(a, b)