From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-06-27T19:05:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16962] Re: Method overloading (option) Was: Re:

>>>>> "M" == Mathieu Bouchard <matju@sympatico.ca> writes:

M> So, I propose that the proposal be changed such that it is a single method
M> definition, but with multiple bodies. This could be like:

M> class Array
M> 	def [] (Integer i)
M> 		# fetch single element
M> 	ordef (Integer i, Integer n)
M> 		# fetch sequence by length
M> 	ordef (Range r)
M> 		# fetch sequence by range
M> 	end
M> end

 You have just changed the syntax, and in a way that personnaly I don't
like because you add dispatch on the number of arguments.

Guy Decoux