[C++-sig] tuple, list, dict, et. al

Niki Spahiev niki at vintech.bg
Wed Jun 26 14:41:23 CEST 2002


David Abrahams wrote:
> Question:
> 
>     What should that mean in terms of overload resolution?
> 
> Answer 1:
> 
>     The function only matches if the actual argument is a Python
>     tuple or a subclass of tuple
> 
> Answer 2:
> 
>     The function matches if the actual argument is any Python sequence;
>     tuple(arg) will be applied to retrieve the tuple object used inside
>     the wrapped function

When i start with pure python prototype all functions behave like Answer 
2. If later some of them are replaced with C++ code i expect it to 
behave the same.

Niki Spahiev






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