Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>>> Yes. But you can't redefine 1+2 in Python, at least not without hacking >>>> the interpreter. Can you redefine (+ 1 2) in Lisp? >>> >>> Not without barreling through error messages about name conflicts. >> >> Ah, nice to get a straight answer to a question for a change, and without >> an insult or a misrepresentation in sight. Thank you. > > Such a pity that answer is, apparently, wrong. > > Thank you to those who wrote back with the more accurate answer, which > apparently is "yes, it is easy and there are no error messages".
Yes, you can do it if you want--but you have to explicitly say that you're doing so. In other words, it wouldn't happen by accident. And due to the package system, package A doing it wouldn't infect package B unless B allowed it to. In other words, you have to put the bullet in the chamber, take off the safety and point the gun at your foot. -- Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl> What some idiot in Glasgow or NYC, what a million idiots do, has nothing at all to do with me, I can only be judged by the actions I take with my possessions. To do anything else is to spit upon my existence as an individual human. --R.D. Metcalf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
