On 2007-02-15, placid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Is it possible to be able to do the following in Python?
>>
>> > class Test:
>> > def __init__(self):
>> > pass
>>
>> > def puts(self, str):
>> > print str
>>
>> > def puts(self, str,str2):
>> > print str,str2
>>
>> > if __name__ == "__main__":
>> > t = Test()
>> > t.puts("hi")
>> > t.puts("hi","hello")
>>
>> You tell us: what happened when you tried it?
>
> Well, when i run it i get this error "puts() takes exactly 3 arguments
> (2 given)" which means that the second a time i try to define the
> puts() method "overwrites" the first one
Correct. That means it's not possible to do what you wrote.
>> And then what happens when you do this?
>>
>> class Test:
>> def __init__(self):
>> pass
>>
>> def puts(self, *args):
>> print ' '.join(args)
>>
>> if __name__ == "__main__":
>> t = Test()
>> t.puts("hi")
>> t.puts("hi","hello")
>
> but this isn't overloading.
No, it isn't. [You can't overload methods in Python. Was that
your question?] It is, however, the way one does what you
appear to be trying to do.
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