[Python-3000] typeclasses, duck-typing

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

On Tuesday 09 May 2006 13:10, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
 > Interestingly, there was a GNU addition to C++ named "signatures" which
 > achieved roughly the same thing: some kind of compile-time duck-typing.
 >
 > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-2.95.3/gcc_5.html#SEC112

I remember that, thinking it was really kind of cool, and wanting to play with 
it.  Never had time to do so.

 > Apparently it has been removed in gcc 3 or 4.

That's right.  That's when I became glad I hadn't spent time writing code that 
relied on that feature.  :-)


  -Fred

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