On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 6:09 AM Zakariae Saih <zakas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello python team! > you should consider adding the ability to create multiple constructors on one > class like c# and Java it is really useful. > Example: > i want a constructor takes 1 argument and other constructor takes 2 and > another one takes none in the same class. so when i want to create an object > i got a lot of options. > i know i can do it by given a default value to the attribute but it will be > better with multiple constructors >
More generally: You want to be able to have multiple functions with the same name, and have something distinguish them by their signatures. That's a difficult thing to do in Python, because there are so many complexities (keyword arguments, a habit of duck typing, etc), but not impossible. What you're looking for is sometimes called "multiple dispatch", and you can find some packages on PyPI that offer this feature - usually with some restrictions, eg distinguishing functions by positional args only, or requiring an actual isinstance check rather than "thing that can be added to an integer". Have a look at some of them and see if they do what you want. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/