.. data:: NotImplemented
- Special value which should be returned by the special methods
- (:meth:`__eq__`, :meth:`__lt__`, :meth:`__add__`, etc.) to indicate
- that the operation is not implemented with respect to the other type.
+ Special value which should be returned by the binary special methods
+ (e.g. :meth:`__eq__`, :meth:`__lt__`, :meth:`__add__`, :meth:`__rsub__`,
+ etc.) to indicate that the operation is not implemented with respect to
+ the other type; may be returned by the in-place binary special methods
+ (e.g. :meth:`__imul__`, :meth:`__iand__`, etc.) for the same purpose.
+ Its truth value is true.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ When ``NotImplemented`` is returned, the interpreter will then try the
+ reflected operation on the other type, or some other fallback, depending
+ on the operator. If all attempted operations return ``NotImplemented``, the
+ interpreter will raise an appropriate exception.
+
+ See
+ :ref:`implementing-the-arithmetic-operations`
+ for more details.
-
.. data:: Ellipsis
The same as ``...``. Special value used mostly in conjunction with extended