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		thaumasiotes 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang (2022) > I love operator overloading, I love how Python does it (once you satisfy an interface, its operators Just Work). Is this different from other styles of operator overloading? Why does it matter whether, when I want to overload the + sign, I need to define a function called `__add__` or `operator+`?

WesolyKubeczek 8 months ago [–]

For me it's easier to introspect, fewer unexpected corners. Contrast this with operator overloads which you can put literally anywhere.

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