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After you're mastered all the available operators the real fun begins when you start writing your own operator methods on classes http://thepythonguru.com/python-operator-overloading/

The ability to override operators is one of the things I miss most from Python when I'm forced to write javascript.

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That's a great post. Thanks for the link. These methods do enhance classes to the best. I also made a short blog about magic methods. Could be relevant to someone reading the threads https://www.thetaranights.com/magic-methods-in-python/

There could also be mention of the "right" variants e.g. __rmul__ vs. __mul__. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5181320/under-what-circu... gives a rough sketch of what they're about.

This is indeed a very helpful read. Thanks for the link.

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