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Shark Clownfish swim()

swim_backwards() skeleton()

class Shark():
def swim(self):

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print("The shark is swimming.")

def swim_backwards(self):
print("The shark cannot swim backwards, but can sink backwards.")

def skeleton(self):
print("The shark's skeleton is made of cartilage.")

class Clownfish():
def swim(self):
print("The clownfish is swimming.")

def swim_backwards(self):
print("The clownfish can swim backwards.")

def skeleton(self):
print("The clownfish's skeleton is made of bone.")

Shark Clownfish

...
sammy = Shark()
sammy.skeleton()

casey = Clownfish()
casey.skeleton()

python polymorphic_fish.py

The shark's skeleton is made of cartilage.

The clownfish's skeleton is made of bone.

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for

...
sammy = Shark()

casey = Clownfish()

for fish in (sammy, casey):

fish.swim()
fish.swim_backwards()
fish.skeleton()

sammy Shark casey Clownfish for

swim() swim_backwards() skeleton()

The shark is swimming.

The shark cannot swim backwards, but can sink backwards.
The shark's skeleton is made of cartilage.
The clownfish is swimming.
The clownfish can swim backwards.
The clownfish's skeleton is made of bone.

for sammy Shark casey

Clownfish Shark Clownfish

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in_the_pacific() fish
fish

…
def in_the_pacific(fish):

fish
swim() Shark Clownfish

...
def in_the_pacific(fish):
fish.swim()

Shark Clownfish
in_the_pacific()

...
def in_the_pacific(fish):
fish.swim()

sammy = Shark()

casey = Clownfish()

in_the_pacific(sammy)
in_the_pacific(casey)

The shark is swimming.

The clownfish is swimming.

fish in_the_pacific()
Shark Clownfish casey
swim() Clownfish sammy

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swim() Shark

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duck typing polymorphism

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