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Polymorphism: Method Overloading vs Method Overriding

  Method Overloading In object-oriented programming languages, method overloading enables a class to have several methods with the same name but different parameters. However, in Python, method overloading is not directly supported as opposed to languages such as Java or C++. This is because Python allows developers to define default arguments for their methods and pass arguments of any type to a method. This flexibility allows a single method to handle various types of arguments, eliminating the need for overloading.   However, there is a way to simulate method overloading in Python by using default argument values or variable length arguments and conditional statements. Here's an example: Program using default arguments:       Program using variable length arguments:   Multiple methods with Same Name: When we define multiple methods with same name, Python will consider the last defined method only. Python will not support method overload...

Polymorphism: Operator Overloading in Python

  Polymorphism   Poly -> Many Morphs -> Forms One name but multiple forms   Definition: ·          Polymorphism in Python's object-oriented programming is the ability of an object to take on many forms. ·          Specifically, it refers to the idea that different objects can be treated as if they are the same type of object, even if they are fundamentally different. ·          This concept of polymorphism can make our code more flexible and easier to work with , as we don't need to write separate functions for every different type of object we want to work with.   Example For example, let's say we have two classes: Dog and Cat . Both classes have a method called speak(), but they behave differently. When we call speak() on a Dog object, it will bark , while calling speak() on a Cat object will make it meow. ...