[Python-il] problem in script

[Shlomi Fish]

On Sunday 27 Dec 2009 18:43:27 Shai Berger wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 Dec 2009 16:53:10 Yitzhak Wiener wrote:
> > > BTW what is the best user documentation for Python? And do you know if
> > > there is good Hebrew documentation?
> 
> First of all, what Shlomi said.
> 
> I ran into a Hebrew book about Object Oriented Programming (can't remember
>  the name), which boasted "examples in Python". So I looked. One example
>  given there explained how one should overload a method (that is, provide
>  different definitions with different arguments, where the compiler is
>  supposed to pick the right definition for every call according to
>  arguments provided). Python does not have overloading. 

Python indeed does not have such overloading like C++ does, but on the other 
hand you can emulate such behaviour using multimethods:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_dispatch#Python

And the big advantage of Multi-methods is that the multiple dispatch happens 
at *run-time* instead of in C++'s compile time so it is more flexible. 

For more about the motivation for multimethods I can recommend the "Practical 
Common Lisp" video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=448441135356213813#

The video was very insightful and instructive but the corresponding book (also 
available online - at http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ ) kinda delves on many 
details and as a result one cannot see the forest for the trees. It kinda 
convinced me that Common Lisp was not very practical. :-).

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

>  I remember the
>  second example I checked also had a severe error, but not what it was.
> 
> That's the only Hebrew book "about" Python I've ever seen.
> 
> Shai.
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