very related to this conversation -- isn't the use of [] for indexing and its use in Type hinting functionally very different as well? -CHB On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 9:55 AM David Mertz <mertz@gnosis.cx> wrote:
On 30/08/20 3:06 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
(There are a few gray areas, such as array/matrix/vector addition, which sneak into the "acceptable" area by virtue of their long usage in mathematics.)
a / b/ c 0.016666666666666666 home / 'git' / 'pip' PosixPath('/home/dmertz/git/pip')
But yes, it's just another example. And when I teach it I always say "this is a funny but intuitive overloading."
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