Andrés G. Aragoneses wrote: > Hello. I'm wondering if the difference between Vala and C# wrt > method/ctor overloading is intentional or is its real support planned in > the future? I ask this because I think it's a really important feature. > If not planned, I'd like to know if there would be interest in accepting > patched for it. > > Thanks, > > Andres >
It's intentional. Keep in mind that compiled Vala class libraries are intended to be usable C class libraries as well. For example, function names like my_class_new my_class_new_with_foo my_class_new_from_bar are more self-explaining than my_class_new0 my_class_new1 my_class_new2 I don't think that method/constructor overloading is an important feature. It adds no additional value for the programmer. The only drawback is that the programmer has to be more creative with respect to method/constructor naming. And with clear naming it's more obvious which method will be called than with method overloading. Best regards, Frederik _______________________________________________ Vala-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/vala-list
