From: Anders Bengtsson <ndrsbngtssn@...>
Date: 2003-05-09T20:43:49+09:00
Subject: Re: methods with different signatures

 --- KONTRA Gergely <kgergely@mlabdial.hit.bme.hu> wrote:

> def doSomething(a:String)
>   ...
> end
> 
> def doSomething(a:Numeric)
>   ...
> end

You'll either have to use explicit kind_of?()-tests in the code, or use
something like the "Double Dispatch" design pattern to solve that kind
of problems. (Even though it would be kind of cool if we hade a feature
like that).

/Anders



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Anders Bengtsson              ndrsbngtssn@yahoo.se
Stockholm, Sweden

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