Question

Is there any way in Python to get the addition object (operator +) for integers in Python and store it somewhere?

Answer 1

>>> int_add = int.__add__
>>> int_add(1, 2)
3

You can also use operator.add to obtain a generic function for adding in Python:

>>> from operator import add
>>> add(1, 2)
3
>>> add('a', 'b')
'ab'

If you want to get the addition method of a specific integer, instead of the int type, see gnibbler’s comment on the question:

To get the bound add method of an integer you should use parentheses to prevent the . being treated as a decimal point. eg (1).__add__. Another way would be to add a space between the 1 and the . eg 1 .__add__ but I think that it is too obscure.

An example:

>>> one_add = 1 .__add__
>>> one_add(2)
3