Generic programming library for Python

Generic is trying to provide a Python programmer with primitives for creating reusable software components by employing advanced techniques of OOP and other programming paradigms.

This documentation suits both needs in a tutorial and an API reference for generic:

• Multidispatching
  • Multifunctions
    • Multifunctions of several arguments
  • Multimethods
    • Providing “catch-all” case
  • API reference
• Event system
  • Basic usage
  • Event inheritance
  • Using per-application event API
  • API reference
• Registry

Installation

You can get generic by issuing easy_install:

% easy_install generic

or pip command:

% pip install generic

In case you find a bug or have a feature request, please file a ticket at GitHub Issues.

Development process

Development takes place at GitHub, you can clone source code repository with the following command:

% git clone git://github.com/gaphor/generic.git

In case submitting patch or GitHub pull request please ensure you have corresponding tests for your bugfix or new functionality.