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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index 86c9cea..fe628e0 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -939,7 +939,10 @@ with regular slices. A class can implement certain operations that are invoked by special syntax (such as arithmetic operations or subscripting and slicing) by -defining methods with special names. For instance, if a class defines +defining methods with special names.\indexii{operator}{overloading} +This is Python's approach to \dfn{operator overloading}, allowing +classes to define their own behavior with respect to language +operators. For instance, if a class defines a method named \method{__getitem__()}, and \code{x} is an instance of this class, then \code{x[i]} is equivalent to \code{x.__getitem__(i)}. Except where mentioned, attempts to execute |