@Val I'm saying that between optional arguments and dynamic types the way you have them in Python, you don't need Java style method overloading to achieve polymorphism. – agf …

Apr 18, 2012 · overloading is a module that provides function dispatching based on the types and number of runtime arguments. When an overloaded function is invoked, the dispatcher …

Jan 1, 2016 · The act of creating such alternative functions for compile-time selection is usually referred to as overloading a function. Python is a dynamically typed language, so the concept …

@GoingMyWay __prepare__ method in MultipleMeta returns a MultiDict instance to replace Date class default__dict__ attribute passed by clsdict in __new__ method. therefore, it can hold …

Feb 2, 2023 · P.S. If you have to use "method overloading" for a python assignment in school or something, it is simply impossible as Python does not support method overloading at all in the …

As function overloading says: Function overloading is absent in Python. As far as I feel this a big handicap since its also an object-oriented (OO) language. Initially I found that unable to …

Dec 28, 2011 · When a compiler or interpreter looks up the function definition, then, it uses both the declared name and the types of the parameters to resolve which function to access. So the …

Aug 17, 2014 · Of course, python can't do this, because it has dynamic typing. When I searched for how to mimick method overloading, all answers just said "You don't want to do that in …

Mar 16, 2012 · Python doesn't do function overloading. This is a consequence of it being a loosely-typed language. Instead you can specify an unknown number of arguments and deal …

Dec 1, 2022 · There's no overloading in Python. You could fiddle something together with decorators but in general: if you learn a new language use it as it is intended to use. Don't try …