Why does the magic method __gt__ not only compare 2 objects salaries but compare any 2 numeric arguments of 2 different objects?

Question

The __gt__ magic method
Compares any numeric variable from the self instance with any numeric variable other instance. I think it should just compare their salaries only.

class Employee:

def __init__(self, name, age, gender, level, salary):
self.name = name
self.age = age
self.gender = gender
self.level = level
self.salary = salary

def salary_up(self):
return self.salary * 1.05

def year5(self):
return self.age - 5

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

tony = Employee("Tony", 24, "Male", 8, 7500)
kenny = Employee("Kenny", 19, "Male", 6, 5000)
print(tony.salary > kenny.age)

Answer 1

Ipang I was expecting the magic method __gt__ to compare only 2 salaries but it end up comparing any 2 numeric arguments of 2 different objects.

Answer 2

Rebecca
Is this one from the tutorial? I don't remember this one.

If you want __gt__ to compare by salary then simply replace the attribute used in the returned expression - from this

return self.level > other.level

into this ...

return self.salary > other.salary

But ... if this is from a lesson, or quiz; I don't think it's right to change how it works, depending on task requirement of course ...

Answer 3

Do you have any question related to that code? cause I don't see a problem running it.