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Spiff
Spiff

Reputation: 673

Overiding function with specific type in python 2

I'm trying to override a function when a specific type is passed as a parameter.

def __getitem__(self, x: str):
    ...

This works in Python 3 but not 2. Is there an equivalent in Python 2 or some way of achieving the same functionality?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (1)

blueteeth
blueteeth

Reputation: 3575

Python 2 does not have type hinting. You can just not give the type hint, and handle the body of the function however you like.

def __getitem__(self, x):
    if isinstance(x, str):
        return self.data[x]
    elif isinstance(x, int):
        return self.numbers[x]
    else:
        return 0

Upvotes: 1

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