"D H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 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, The 'it' under discussion is 'method overloading by parameter type'. While a few people have requested it, I have seen no indication that 'it' is coming. I do not see even a mention of it in either page you referenced. > 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. Perhaps, though Guido has concerns about the issue. > "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 You left out " NOTE: Nothing's settled yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and " Reminder and Disclaimer Nothing's settled yet!!!!! Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
