# HG changeset patch
# User Atul Varma <varmaa@toolness.com>
# Date 1212720876 25200
# Node ID 7f8a793ba4aee5886baf7993310d7f5f6c1e33fb
# Parent  506880d3a791d7aa703cbc2332abbbeac6fae5c1
Added section on operator overloading, special methods, and properties.

diff -r 506880d3a791 -r 7f8a793ba4ae PythonForJsProgrammers.txt
--- a/PythonForJsProgrammers.txt	Thu Jun 05 19:38:36 2008 -0700
+++ b/PythonForJsProgrammers.txt	Thu Jun 05 19:54:36 2008 -0700
@@ -454,8 +454,10 @@
 really prototype-based, it's not easy to dynamically add or remove
 methods to existing objects on-the-fly.
 
-An object's methods are also bound to the object itself, so--unlike in
-Javascript--if they're "disconnected" from the object, they still work:
+An object's methods are also bound to the object itself once it's
+created; that is, the ``self`` parameter that's passed to them is
+always the same, unlike the ``this`` parameter in JavaScript which
+changes based on the object the function is attached to:
 
     >>> f = Foo(5)
     Foo created.
@@ -463,6 +465,17 @@
     >>> doThing()
     6
 
+Operator Overloading, Special Methods, and Properties
+=====================================================
+
+Classes can define methods with special names to do all sorts of
+dynamic things, from operator overloading to custom properties and
+more.  Some of these dynamic features are available in JavaScript, and
+some aren't.  You can read about tehm more in the Python Reference
+Manual's section on `special method names`_.
+
+.. _`special method names`: http://docs.python.org/ref/specialnames.html
+
 Exceptions
 ==========
 
@@ -498,7 +511,3 @@
 
 TODO: Mention generators, generator comprehensions/expressions, array
 comprehensions, other stuff lifted from Python by JS.
-
-TODO: Mention 'special' methods like __getattr__, etc.
-
-TODO: Explain method binding better.