Favorite non-python language trick?

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Roy Smith wrote:
> Tom Anderson  <twic at urchin.earth.li> wrote:
> 
>>The one thing i really do miss is method overloading by parameter
>>type.  I used this all the time in java
> 
> 
> You do things like that in type-bondage languages like Java and C++
> because you have to.  Can you give an example of where you miss it in
> Python?

Well it's coming to a future Python version, so apparently there are 
many who can use it:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python3.0Suggestions#head-7df9d7035174644fdae024ed4a5ea0960a003ef5
I don't know if you'll have method overloading, but there will be type 
checking.  It's not actually compile-time "static typing" though.  The 
type checking still happens at run-time similar to your isinstance 
example, making code run slightly slower than a normal python method:
"Type checking is going to slow down your code." -GVR 2005 keynote, 
http://www.sauria.com/%7Etwl/conferences/pycon2005/20050324/The%20State%20of%20Python.html