[Tutor] RE: __and__

[Joseph J. Strout]

At 6:56 PM +0100 10/18/99, Arne Mueller wrote:

>Yes, but how can you modify the bitwise operator '&' ?

By overriding __and__.

> As mentioned in
>some of the emails before changeing '&' would have an effect on
>'__and__' as well, wouldn't it?

'&' and '__and__' are the same function -- one is an operator, and 
one is a method, and they are One.  It's exactly analogous to '+' and 
'__add__'.

	operator	method		operation
	--------	------		---------
	+		__add__		addition
	&		__and__		bitwise and

Cheers,
-- Joe

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