https://samarthya.me/tags/polymorphism/Recent content in Polymorphism on SamarthyaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Samarthya 2018-2026. All rights reserved.Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/<figure><img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="auto" alt="Animal base class with make_sound, and Dog and Cat subclasses returning Bark and Meow" width="1200" height="630" src="https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/pypoly_hu_80a53db7deb7e932.png" srcset="https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/pypoly_hu_80a53db7deb7e932.png 800w, https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/pypoly.png 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw" data-zoom-src="https://samarthya.me/posts/python-polymorphism/pypoly.png"><figcaption>Recreated in October 2026 from the post; the original image was lost</figcaption></figure> <p>Polymorphism is a key feature of Object Oriented Programming that allows objects of different classes to be treated as objects of a common class. It is done by implementing the same methods across all classes and making use of inheritance, interfaces and overloading.</p>