From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-10-06T17:40:31+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie question: function overloading


"Dimitrios Galanakis" <galanaki@uiuc.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:4i_eb.147$fm2.69960@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu...
> I need to define a method that performs differently when operated on
objects
> of different type (overloading). Currently I use various if's to check
for
> the type of the object as follows:
>
> def somefunction(a)
>
>    if a.kind_of?(someType)
>       expression1
>       return
>    end
>
>    if a.kind_of(someOtherType)
>       expression2
>       return
>
> end
>
>
> i am wondering if there is a simpler way to implement that without the
if's,
> in a way similar to C++ overloading. I mean I would like to define two
> functions with the same name that will somehow be aware of the type of
> their argument...

You can find further info here:
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?MethodOverloading

This might be of interest, too:
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?KeywordArguments

Regards

    robert