very related to this conversation -- isn't the use of [] for indexing and
its use in Type hinting functionally very different as well?
-CHB
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:55 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote:
> > On 30/08/20 3:06 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> (There are a few gray areas, such as array/matrix/vector addition, which
>> sneak into the "acceptable" area by virtue of their long usage in
>> mathematics.)
>>
>
> >>> a / b/ c
> 0.016666666666666666
> >>> home / 'git' / 'pip'
> PosixPath('/home/dmertz/git/pip')
>
> But yes, it's just another example. And when I teach it I always say "this
> is a funny but intuitive overloading."
>
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