Function _cmp

Lib/filecmp.py:292–296

(a, b, sh, abs=abs, cmp=cmp)

#       2 for funny cases (can't stat, NUL bytes, etc.)
#
def _cmp(a, b, sh, abs=abs, cmp=cmp):
    try:
        return not abs(cmp(a, b, sh))
    except (OSError, ValueError):
        return 2


# Return a copy with items that occur in skip removed.