Apr 18, 2012 · Python 3.x includes standard typing library which allows for method overloading with the use of @overload decorator. Unfortunately, this is to make the code more readable, as the …

I want to be able to initialize the class with, for example, a filename (which contains data to initialize the list) or with an actual list. What's your technique for doing this? Do you just check the type by looking …

Mar 16, 2012 · 7 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 with their …

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 to use it like the …

@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.

Jan 1, 2016 · 132 Python does support "method overloading" as you present it. In fact, what you just describe is trivial to implement in Python, in so many different ways, but I would go with:

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 python".

Dec 28, 2011 · So the logical way to implement overloading in Python is to implement a wrapper that uses both the declared name and the parameter types to resolve the function.

Mar 8, 2010 · Python: Can subclasses overload inherited methods? Asked 15 years, 11 months ago Modified 15 years, 11 months ago Viewed 19k times

Dec 11, 2023 · I am porting a project from Java to Python and there is a class with multiple constructors. I'm trying to port that same idea to python, in a pythonic way. I've recently been informed of the typing.