does python support overloaded methods?(py newbie)
Michael Kelly
mkelly2002NOSPAM at earthlink.net
Mon Dec 31 20:27:33 EST 2001
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:43:06 -0500, "David Abrahams"
<david.abrahams at rcn.com> wrote:
>It really has nothing to do with compiled vs. non-compiled languages.
>Overloading gives us a mechanism to non-intrusively extend the semantics of
>a construct, and it's the only clean way to deal with the problem of
>multi-methods.
I have a funny feelin' you get into that stuff
about proving algebraically that a function
cannot fail. :)
'sides, I'm not sure if you're answering my post
or the previous guy.
I have no desire to non-intrusively extend a construct,
just use the language features I find most appealing. :)
Mike
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