Why is `object() > 0` True in Python?

Question

In [32]: object() > 0
Out[32]: True

In fact, it's greater than any integer I've tried.

Answer 1

Because Python 2.x tried to make available comparison between objects of different types (even if they do not make sense).

It was fixed on Python 3:

>>> object() > 0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#320>", line 1, in <module>
    object() > 0
TypeError: unorderable types: object() > int()

The order used in Python 2.x:

None < Numbers < [Other types in alphabetical order]

Numbers are: int, bool and float but not complex because they can't be compared

Also, objects from old style classes (named instance objects) stay between None and Numbers for some odd reason.