PEP 999: Introduce coroutinedispatch class for method overloading in…

[rroblf01]

This pull request introduces a new PEP draft (pep-8108.rst) proposing the addition of a coroutinedispatch class to the functools module. The main goal is to enable method overloading based on argument types, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous methods, thus improving code readability and maintainability in Python.

New PEP proposal for method overloading in functools:

• Added PEP 8108 draft, detailing the motivation, rationale, specification, and example usage for a new coroutinedispatch class in the Python standard library.
• Provided a reference implementation of coroutinedispatch, including registration of method overloads, type matching logic, support for async/sync methods, and error handling for unmatched types.
• Included example usage demonstrating how to define and invoke overloaded methods for both synchronous and asynchronous contexts.
• Clarified backwards compatibility, security implications, and documentation/teaching strategy for the proposed feature.… functools

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[hugovk]

Thanks for the suggestion but please see the process in PEP 1.

Notably, start with a discussion in the Ideas forum and then find a sponsor.

Thank you!