Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66515BE5A for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 76558 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jan 2012 15:06:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 76530 invoked by uid 500); 16 Jan 2012 15:06:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 76522 invoked by uid 99); 16 Jan 2012 15:06:39 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:06:39 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: softfail (athena.apache.org: transitioning domain of david@davidarno.org does not designate 209.85.212.175 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.212.175] (HELO mail-wi0-f175.google.com) (209.85.212.175) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:06:31 +0000 Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so967174wib.6 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:06:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.99.232 with SMTP id et8mr15355168wib.8.1326726370299; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:06:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from wraith64 ([212.32.42.4]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ee6sm34517452wib.4.2012.01.16.07.06.09 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:06:09 -0800 (PST) From: "David Arno" To: References: <034401ccd45e$621242c0$2636c840$@davidarno.org> <4F1439FD.4020800@leichtgewicht.at> In-Reply-To: <4F1439FD.4020800@leichtgewicht.at> Subject: RE: AS3 Enhancements: method overloading. Why do people want this? Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:07:40 -0000 Message-ID: <034b01ccd460$97648d00$c62da700$@davidarno.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJ5zH+31TSOp7tLGUcG+zWNvzoa/gKdR8rZlKA88vA= Content-Language: en-gb > From: Martin Heidegger [mailto:mh@leichtgewicht.at] > Sent: 16 January 2012 14:54 > > Overloading is the a way to implement two interface with > conflicting arguments for the same method: Would this feature not be better solved through meaningful method names though? What does "test" do? It is a very vague method name. David.