[fpc-devel] overloaded functions - order of resolving ?

Martin Frb lazarus at mfriebe.de
Thu Mar 17 15:24:19 CET 2022


This must have been asked before, but I couldn't find any details.
My question is about having an untyped const param vs a normal typed param.

program Project1;{$mode objfpc}{$H+}

procedure Foo(P1: Integer; const P2); overload;
begin    writeln('const ', P1);    end;

procedure Foo(P1: Integer; P2: byte); overload;
begin    writeln('byte ', P1);    end;

var  aByte: byte;  aWord: word;  aString: string;
begin
   Foo(11, 1);         // byte
   Foo(21, aByte);      // byte
   Foo(22, aWord);      // byte
   Foo(31, aString);    // const
   readln;
end.

It looks like the compiler prefers the "P2: byte" for all 
signed/unsigned int types?

Or in general terms:
A typed param (to which the argument can be converted) is *always* 
preferred over an untyped param?

Is that something that can be trusted upon?
Is it documented somewhere (I could not find it)?



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