Function Overloading ¶

Function overloading in the traditional sense refers to a feature allowing multiple functions to have the same name, but with different parameter lists (more or fewer arguments, different types...).

• ⚠️ The name of the arguments is ignored
• ⚠️ The return type is ignored
• Some languages may have different constraints

Some languages allow a non-traditional overload, where the last declared function with the same name overrides all previous ones.

int xxx();                     // ✅
int xxx(String xxx);           // ✅
int xxx(String yyy);           // ❌ conflict with 2
int xxx(String xxx, int yyy);  // ✅
int xxx(int xxx, String xxx);  // ✅
float xxx(String xxx);         // ❌ conflict with 2
float xxx(int xxx);            // ⚠️ may not be accepted