With a little hacking, you might be able to do something like this:
@overload("f", (int, int, str))
def f1(x, y, z):
pass
@overload("f", (str, str))
def f2(x, y):
pass
The way I would typically do method overloading would be as follows
(this has been tested):
class Person:
def __init__(*args):
argTypes = tuple(map(type,args))
methods = {
(str,int) : Person.initAllInfo,
(str,) : Person.initOnlyName,
}
methods[argTypes[1:]](*args)
# ........................
def initAllInfo(self, name, age):
self.name = name
self.age = age
def initOnlyName(self, name):
self.name = name
self.age = 100
With this overload-dictionary approach, it may be possible to
elegantly implement the overloading decorator I described at the top
of this email. I hoped this helped.
Daniel
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Tim Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes i am aware of that but I want the code to be self documenting, so
> the intent is clear. I actually have an implementation using that
> style which you suggest. I would like cleaner style, like the one i
> suggested in my first post.
>
> Cheers
> Tim Henderson
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