[PEAK] generic function signature changes

[Simon Belak]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 08:41 PM 6/15/2006 +0200, Simon Belak wrote:
>>     from dispatch import generic
>>
>>     @generic()
>>     def foo(bar):
>>         pass
>>
>>     @foo.when("bar > 2")
>>     def foo_gt_2(bar):
>>         return "bar > 2"
>>
>>     @foo.when("bar == 2")
>>     def foo_gt_2(bar, baz=24):
>>         return baz
> 
> The function's overall signature is determined by the @generic, so baz 
> in your example will never be anything but 24, unless you call that 
> method directly.

I misunderstood the question, thinking Kevin is asking how rigourously 
specific methods need to follow the abstract declaration.

Cheers,
Simon