[fpc-pascal] Overloading doubt: bug or feature

[Jonas Maebe]

On 15 May 2013, at 10:59, leledumbo wrote:

> Is the following a bug or undocumented "feature"?
>
> function f(s: string): string;
> begin
>  f := '''' + s + '''';
> end;
>
> function f(s: string): integer;
> begin
>  Val(s,f);
> end;
>
> var
>  i: Integer;
> begin
>  // i := f('123'); // Error: Incompatible types: got "ShortString"  
> expected
> "SmallInt"
>  WriteLn(f('123')); // Calls function f(s: string): string;
> end.

Looks like a bug. I guess they currently don't conflict because the  
string result is passed via a hidden parameter while the integer  
result is not.


Jonas