[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > If it were my choice, the plus sign would do this: > > def itemadd( i1, i2 ): > if ( type(i1) == str ) or ( type(i2) == str ): > return str(i1) + str(i2) > else: > return i1 + i2 > > I'd like to redefine it so it works my way but operator overloading > seems strictly confined to classes I create. Is there a way? Or do I > just have to grump, "Even a kludge like Perl ..."? >
No, there is no way. You would change general interpreter behavior if you could set arbitrary operators for predefined types. Start grumping... Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list