Merge c5c8ad8 into 69f5add

README.rst

@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ But on another non-Colour object::
 
     >>> red == None
     False
+    >>> red != None
+    True
 
 Actually, ``Colour`` instances will, politely enough, leave
 the other side of the equality have a chance to decide of the output,
@@ -313,6 +315,18 @@ the other side of the equality have a chance to decide of the output,
     >>> blue == alien_red
     False
 
+And inequality (using ``__ne__``) are also polite::
+
+    >>> class AnotherColorImplem(OtherColorImplem):
+    ...     def __ne__(self, other):
+    ...         return self.color != other.web
+
+    >>> new_alien_red = AnotherColorImplem("red")
+    >>> red != new_alien_red
+    False
+    >>> blue != new_alien_red
+    True
+
 
 Picking arbitrary color for a python object
 -------------------------------------------

colour.py

@@ -931,6 +931,12 @@ class Color(object):
 
         >>> Color('red') == Color('blue')
         False
+        >>> Color('red') == Color('red')
+        True
+        >>> Color('red') != Color('blue')
+        True
+        >>> Color('red') != Color('red')
+        False
 
     But this can be changed:
 
@@ -1091,6 +1097,13 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
             return self.equality(self, other)
         return NotImplemented
 
+    ## Note: intended to be a backport of python 3 behavior
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        ret = self.__eq__(other)
+        if ret is NotImplemented:
+            return NotImplemented
+        return not ret
+
 
 RGB_equivalence = lambda c1, c2: c1.hex_l == c2.hex_l
 HSL_equivalence = lambda c1, c2: c1._hsl == c2._hsl