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  3. October 2003

Re: Overloading (Was: Please vote for Syntax check in /FREE!)

Scott wrote:

>All I intend to do here is explain WHAT overloading is.
>
> *OMIT and *NOPASS aren't really the same thing.
> The *OMIT and *NOPASS abilities allow a parameter
> to be optional.   Whereas, overloading really
> doesn't have any effect on how parameters work --
> it just changes the way procedures are looked up.

Nicely put.  I think Carel and I were talking about how to do the chore
without overloading available.  Sorry to drag you in.
  --buck

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