Why doesn't multiple on_message events work?

Question

Why can\'t I have multiple on_message events?

import discord

client = discord.Client()

@client.event
async def on_ready():
    print(\'in on_r         


        

Answer 1

In python, functions are just objects.

>>> def foo():
...     print ("hi")

defines an object called foo, You can see this using a Python shell.

>>> foo

>>> foo()
hi

If you define a new method after, or redefine the variable foo, you lose access to the initial function.

>>> foo = "hi"
>>> foo
hi
>>> foo()
Traceback ...:
    file "" ...
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

How the @client.event decorator works is it tells your client that new messages should be piped into the messages, and well, if the method gets redefined, it means the old method is lost.

>>> @bot.event
... async def on_message(m):
...     print(1)
...
>>> bot.on_message(None) # @bot.event makes the bot define it's own method
1
>>> @bot.event
... async def on_message(m):
...     print(2)
...
>>> bot.on_message(None) # bot's own method was redefined.
2