Hi. As of python 3, behavior of object.__ne__ changed to call (not object.__eq__) if implemented. This changement can be seen in function object_richcompare in file Objects/typeobject.c.

Documentation didn't change though, still saying[1] that "There are no implied relationships among the comparison operators. [...] Accordingly, when defining __eq__(), one should also define __ne__()".

Maybe a paragraph about this new behavior would be fine? I am not sure if last sentence of last paragraph is what it means, but it was already there in python 2 doc so guess no. I am not sure about how to write it so no patch, sorry.

[1] http://docs.python.org/3.3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__eq__