Sometimes, we want to use method overloading in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to use method overloading in Python.
How to use method overloading in Python?
To use method overloading in Python, we can use the pythonlangutil module.
To install it, we run
pip install pythonlangutil==0.1
Then we can use it by writing
from pythonlangutil.overload import Overload, signature
class A:
@Overload
@signature()
def foo(self):
print('first method')
@foo.overload
@signature("int")
def foo(self, i):
print('second method', i)
to define the class A with 2 foo methods.
This is possible since we have the decorators provided by pythonlangutil called to modify the methods.
The original foo method has the Overload and signature decorators called on it.
And then 2nd foo method had the foo.overload decorator and the signature decorators called it.
We call signature with 'int' to make sure i is an int.
Conclusion
To use method overloading in Python, we can use the pythonlangutil module.
