Roy Smith wrote: > Tom Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>The one thing i really do miss is method overloading by parameter >>type. I used this all the time in java > > > You do things like that in type-bondage languages like Java and C++ > because you have to. Can you give an example of where you miss it in > Python?
Well it's coming to a future Python version, so apparently there are many who can use it: http://wiki.python.org/moin/Python3.0Suggestions#head-7df9d7035174644fdae024ed4a5ea0960a003ef5 I don't know if you'll have method overloading, but there will be type checking. It's not actually compile-time "static typing" though. The type checking still happens at run-time similar to your isinstance example, making code run slightly slower than a normal python method: "Type checking is going to slow down your code." -GVR 2005 keynote, http://www.sauria.com/%7Etwl/conferences/pycon2005/20050324/The%20State%20of%20Python.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
