Well, in a sense. but what about
methodName(arg1) where arg1 = any methodName(arg1,arg2) where arg1 = any and arg2 = boolean Still valid.... Believe it or not, I strongly believe coldfusion needs to be more typecast.. And grow up to be more of a great language. it would be so damn nice... On 5/6/07, Sammy Larbi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Andrew Scott wrote, On 5/4/2007 7:42 PM: > There would be no need for "any".... > > "any" exists, becaue we can't have 2 methods with different arguments. > I think of it the other way around. We can't have 2 methods with different arguments /because/ "any" exists. "Any" exists because we're using a dynamically typed language. I kind of like that =). > > On 5/5/07, *Sammy Larbi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Andrew Scott wrote, On 5/4/2007 11:32 AM: > > *lol* The same way the underlying technology does it.... > > > But how can you do that when you can pass any type into a method? > > > > > > > On 5/4/07, *Sammy Larbi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Sorry for the confusion Arron, I meant that question to be > more like > > "how would you implement /actual/ method overloading" in CF > > itself. =) > > > > > > Aaron DC wrote, On 5/4/2007 8:14 AM: > > > I would implement it exactly the same way I did in the code I > > emailed > > > to the list 1-2 hours ago. With the function I defined, > you can call > > > save() like so: > > > > > > save(somestruct) > > > save(somestruct, arg1) > > > save(somestruct, arg1, arg2) > > > > > > save(someobject) > > > save(someobject, arg1) > > > save(someobject, arg1, arg2) > > > > > > If you want to make the arguments required, test for their > > existence > > > and generate an error. > > > Aaron > > > > > > Sammy Larbi wrote: > > >> Aaron DC wrote, On 5/4/2007 7:26 AM: > > >>> If you can simulate it (as in the example I just > showed), does it > > >>> really matter if it makes it into CF8? > > >>> > > >>> Aaron > > >>> > > >>> Andrew Scott wrote: > > >>>> +1... > > >>>> > > >>>> I agree, it would so good if we could create methods with > > different > > >>>> arguments. I have flagged this as a wish, so I doubt it > will make > > >>>> CF8... But who knows... > > >>>> > > >> > > >> And how would you implement it? I see three choices: > > >> 1) require named arguments, and distinguish on the name > > >> 2) require typed arguments, and distinguish on the type > > >> 3) keep the option of naming/typing arguments, and only > require > > it if > > >> attempting to overload a method (throwing an error if, when > > using the > > >> method, someone forgets to name arguments, if that is chosen. > > >> > > >> Don't forget, we also have optional arguments, so you can > use that > > >> for "overloading" too... > > >> > > >> -Sam > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> You are subscribed to cfcdev. 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