"Kay Schluehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Catalin Marinas wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Sorry if this was previously discussed but it's something I miss in >> Python. I get around this using isinstance() but it would be cleaner >> to have separate functions with the same name but different argument >> types. I think the idea gets quite close to the Lisp/CLOS >> implementation of methods. > > Guido himself addressed multimethods in his Artima blog: > > http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=101605 > > See also the subsequent discussion about subtyping problems.
That's a very interesting read. As I said, the idea is not new but I couldn't find a Python implementation (didn't search long enough). Are there any plans for this to be integrated in a future version of Python? -- Catalin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
