Add method dispatcher compatible with older Python versions #312
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Description
This is an implementation of a type dispatcher for methods.
functools.singledispatcher
is dispatching on the type of the first argument, which, for methods, is alwaysself
.Therefore, in order to implement #311, I needed a method dispatcher compatible with all Python versions (
functools.singledispatchmethod
is only available for Python 3.8+)Types of Changes
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