[fpc-devel] function overload ?

[Den]

If you're not worried about the slight speed hit and extra space on the 
stack for the return value of "My" you could always have it as a Variant?

   function My(const a : Integer) : Variant;

Then assign it to whatever variable?

- Dennis Fehr


On 14-02-03 12:54 AM, Gennadiy Poryev wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I had a dream :)
> Wouldn't it be nice if a function overload took care not only of 
> formal parameter list (per docs) but also of result type? So the 
> following may work
> function My(const a : Integer) : AnsiString; overload;
> function My(const a : Integer) : WideString; overload;
> by substitution of the function depending on the expected type of the 
> expression it is being called from?
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