[Python-Dev] Why wont duplicate methods be flagged as error (syntax or anything suitable error) (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sun Jan 14 04:09:16 EST 2018

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 11:10:33AM +0300, joannah nanjekye wrote:

[...]

Is this sort of method name duplication important in any cases?

Yes. For example, inside a class:

class MyClass(object): @property def something(self): pass

@something.setter
def something(self):
    pass

Not aimed at criticism, just to understand.

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Thank you.

-- Steve

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