Again, Eli Bendersky has an excellent article about the issue. In particular, he notes that this has been discussed for the case of C++: https://eli.thegreenpla

Again, Eli Bendersky has an excellent article about the issue. In particular, he notes that this has been discussed for the case of C++: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-multiple-dispatch/#an-attempt-for-standardization https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-mult... A follow-up goes into Python: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-multiple-dispatch-part-2/ https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-mult...