From: Roseanne Zhang <roseanne@...>
Date: 2007-04-18T03:53:21+09:00
Subject: Re: how to have a default argument

Kyle Schmitt wrote:
> Ohh.  So this is technically not argument number type overloading. 
> Dohh.
> 
> 
> ie: def foo(bar)
>      def foo(bar,manchu)
>      def foo(bar,manchu,biebelch)
> 
> Which you can't do in straight ruby.  Or can  you?
> 
> --Kyle

You are right!

[quote]Finally, I am not against "method overloading", but it very 
easily leads to optional static typing in the language, which changes 
the language
very drastically, since you need to specify "type" to overload
arguments. Without well-thought design, it can "destroy" the language
and its culture. I have not yet got that well-thought design of
method overloading.  --Matz[/quote]

http://beust.com/weblog/archives/000042.html

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