Functions, Operators, and Overloading?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Michael Yanowitz a écrit :
> Hello:
> 
>    Maybe I am missing something, but from what I've seen,
> it is not possible to overload functions in Python. That
> is I can't have a
>   def func1 (int1, string1):
>    and a 
>   def func1 (int1, int3, string1, string2):
>     without the second func1 overwriting the first.

You may want to have a look at Philip Eby's dispatch package. Here's an 
introduction:
http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/VisitorRevisited

>    However, operators can be overloaded.
>    So can I define a new operator? 

No.