entifier">compare</span></a>&lt;<span class="type">T</span>&gt; (<span style="white-space:nowrap">a:<span class="type">T</span>,</span> <span style="white-space:nowrap">b:<span class="type">T</span></span>):<a class="type" title="The standard Int type." href="./Int.html">Int</a></code></p></h3><div class="doc"><p>Compares <code>a</code> and <code>b</code>.</p>
<p>If <code>a</code> is less than <code>b</code>, the result is negative. If <code>b</code> is less than
<code>a</code>, the result is positive. If <