overloading constructor in python?

[Jarek Zgoda]

Larry Bates napisał(a):

> In python it is called duck typing but you don't need separate
> constructors:
> 
> def __init__(self, c):
>     if isinstance(c, int): ...do stuff...
>     elif isinstance(c, list): ...do stuff...
>     elif isinstance(c, tuple): ...do stuff...
>     else:
>     .
>     .
>     .
> 
> Remember Python doesn't care what c is and doesn't do
> type checking so you can do anything you want.

This is no better than type checking. And this doesn't remind "duck
typing" at all.

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Jarek Zgoda
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