<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Guido van Rossum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:guido@python.org" target="_blank">guido@python.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>They can, and they @override can be bypassed. I don't see that as a condemnation of @overload -- it just means that it's not perfect, which is fine with me (given that we're talking about monkey-patching here).</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>sure -- but this all strikes me as kind of like type checking -- there is a lot of use for robust code, but we don't want it at run-time in the language.</div><div><br></div><div>Also -- the ship has kinda sailed on this - maybe a @not_override would make more sense.</div><div><br></div><div>Isn't the goal to make sure you don't accidentally override a method? saying "I know I'm overriding this" is less useful than "I'm not intending to override anything here"</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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