Methods with the same name in one class in Python

Question

How can I declare a few methods with the same name, but with different numbers of parameters or different types in one class?

What must I change in the following class?

Answer 1

class MyClass:
    def __init__(this, foo_str, bar_int):
        this.__foo = foo_str
        this.__bar = bar_int

    def foo(this, new=None):
        if new != None:
            try:
                this.__foo = str(new)
            except ValueError:
                print("Illegal value. foo unchanged.")

        return this.__foo

    def bar(this, new=None):
        if new != None:
            try:
                this.__bar = int(new)
            except ValueError:
                print("Illegal value. bar unchanged.")

        return this.__bar

obj = MyClass("test", 42)
print(obj.foo(), obj.bar())

print(obj.foo("tset"), obj.bar(24))

print(obj.foo(42), obj.bar("test"))

Output:
    test 42
    tset 24
    Illegal value. bar unchanged.
    42 24