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In a comment here on HN. the author clarified. What he means is that a whole bunch of builtin functions operate by calling methods on the objects they are passe
by sirclueless 15y ago
In a comment here on HN. the author clarified. What he means is that a whole bunch of builtin functions operate by calling methods on the objects they are passed.
int(n) --> n.__int__()
format(x, spec) --> x.__format__(spec)
- perfunctory 15y agoIt's not multimethods. It's just calling methods on the objects you are passed.