On Sun, 2011-02-27 at 23:40 -0800, Bekenn wrote: > On 2/27/2011 11:32 PM, Russel Winder wrote: > > The Python mechanism relies on the fact that despatch is by name and not > > by signature. Languages that dispatch by signature will have > > significantly greater problems! > > > > I don't follow; the compiler has to look up the correct function > signature whether you use named arguments or not. How is this > significantly different?
In C, C++ and D yes, in Python despatch is only by function name, not by signature -- exactly because of the parameter passing mechanism. Put it another way, Python does not have function overloading. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@russel.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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