Re: Methods vs. Functions (Re: [Python-Dev] A house upon the sand)

Greg Ewing wrote:

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he's ignoring the case:

else if (f can be implemented via C's public interface, but may have to be overridden by a subclass to C)

Isn't that the same as "f needs to be virtual"?

in Python, sure. in C++, it depends. thanks to function overloading, you can have polymorphism without having to make everything virtual... </F>