>> depending on the code, one could utilize tag dispatching, so only then
>> overload declarations would require the preprocessor.
>> ```
>> #ifdef LINUX
>> auto rename(auto src, auto target, Os::LinuxT) {
>> return renameat2(...);
>> }
>> #elif DARWIN
>> auto rename(auto src, auto target, Os::DarwinT) {
>> return renameatx_np(...);
>> }
>> #endif
>>
>> auto rename(auto src, auto target)
>> {
>> return rename(src, target, Os::Current); // no ifdef
>> }
>> ```
>
> Why would you do that? What's the advantage? If you remove the tag, it would
> compile to the same thing.
codegen should be identical. some benefits:
* no ifdef at the caller site
* better support for hierarchies (i.e. Os::Current could be "macos", but
would match "darwin"). one can easily introduce an overload for "macos"
later
* tag dispatching composes quite nicely
it's not a common use case, especially in qt. but every once in a while
it can come in handy
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