Adding functionality to a library, without touching the existing code should be safe for clients, shouldn’t it? Unfortunately not, adding another overload to a library can be a breaking change. It might work when the library is updated, but suddenly break when the client is recompiled – even though no code was changed. That’s nasty,… Continue reading Adding an Overload is a Breaking Change
Tag: Function Overloading
Dynamic Overload Resolution
Both when coding in C++ and C# I’ve had problems with overload resolution being static. There are workarounds, for example the visitor pattern but it requires quite an effort to implement. More importantly it cannot be implemented without changing the visited element. With C#4’s dynamic keyword there is finally a better solution. To illustrate the problem… Continue reading Dynamic Overload Resolution