[Python-3000] PEP 3124 - Overloading, Generic Functions, Interfaces, etc. (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed May 9 23:09:22 CEST 2007


Phillip J. Eby wrote:

At 09:54 PM 5/9/2007 +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:

With the non-overloaded version you also have the ability to insert debug print statements to figure out what happens. Ahem. @before(dostuff) def debugit(ob: ClassC): import pdb pdb.settrace() Note that you don't even need to know what module the behavior you're looking for is even in; you only need to know where to import dostuff and ClassC from, and put the above in a module that's been imported when dostuff is called. In other words, generic functions massively increase your ability to trace specific execution paths.

Possibly another good example to include in the PEP...

Regards, Nick.

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