Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess in python we use two idioms to cover most of the uses of > mulltiple constructors: > 1) Duck typing were for example if you do: > > class C1(object): > def __init__(self, n): > n = float(n) > > n could be an integer, a floating point number,, or a string > representing a float. > > 2) Default values to parameters: > > class C2(object): > def __init__(self, x=None, y=None, s=""): > pass
... and classmethods. OK, _three_ idioms. Oh, and factory functions. Among the idioms we use are the following... Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
