From: Max Lapshin <max@...>
Date: 2007-01-12T20:41:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Ruby allow for overloaded methods within a c

Wes Gamble wrote:
> but I'm looking for a simple explanation of why Ruby doesn't support
> method overloading within a class to allow methods with the same name
> but different numbers of arguments.  I understand that you can't do

You see, almost none of dynamic languages support this feature because 
of real problems with detecting, which method to use.

class Foo
  def methodname(x, y)
  end

  def methodname(x, *args)
  end
end

Which to use in case of Foo.new.methodname(1,2) ?

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