commit a538105f9de4d22e7dd7fbfe2811bd8d38071c0f
author Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com> Thu May 01 09:32:46 2014 -0400
committer Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com> Thu May 01 09:32:46 2014 -0400
tree 6dd789be4254d35d2f15227f70f50f5345ea07b5
parent f22abcd359fd3c5e5280d38570b9c33a338384ac

do some explaining

OpenSSL/crypto.py

diff --git a/OpenSSL/crypto.py b/OpenSSL/crypto.py
index c48c84f..03fe853 100644
--- a/OpenSSL/crypto.py
+++ b/OpenSSL/crypto.py
@@ -276,7 +276,14 @@
     _curves = None
 
     if _PY3:
+        # This only necessary on Python 3.  Morever, it is broken on Python 2.
         def __ne__(self, other):
+            """
+            Implement cooperation with the right-hand side argument of ``!=``.
+
+            Python 3 seems to have dropped this cooperation in this very narrow
+            circumstance.
+            """
             if isinstance(other, _EllipticCurve):
                 return super(_EllipticCurve, self).__ne__(other)
             return NotImplemented