From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2002-09-27T01:35:21+09:00
Subject: Re: adding overload to ruby


"Justin Johnson" <justinj@mobiusent.com> wrote in message
news:1033054940.64753.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
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> What sort of ambiguities?

How different need a type to be to be different. Is signed / unsigned
integers different? Is is const different from non-const types?
If you have char, int, long overloads, it can be a nightmare to address the
correct function - i.e. explicit typecasts to integer constants.

Overloading virtual functions can be extremely difficult to debug if you
miss a const declaration on a parameter in the overloaded function of a
derived class. I believe C# did some work to prevent this kind of problems.

Mikkel