[Python-3000] pep 3124 plans (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 14:25:57 CEST 2007

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

At 12:54 PM 7/24/2007 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:

> binary operators depend on multiple argument values (and you

have to know both types in order to work out the result) Yes, that can be a bit more complex, but at least the method that gets called has to belong to one class or the other. Also it's easier to follow nowadays with the auto-coercion system being phased out -- the left operand gets first say, and if it doesn't care, the right operand gets its say. Oh really? Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that under certain circumstances, if one object is "more specific" than the other (i.e., one is an instance of a subclass of the other's type), then that one gets first say.

Yep, and that feature stays even with coerce going away. Otherwise subclasses would have a hell of a time getting their r* methods to be invoked instead of the base classes.

Cheers, Nick.

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