matching overloaded functions (std.string.toString)

[Rick Mann]

I'm not sure I understand the matching rules for overloaded functions. I have a type:

typedef int OSStatus;

and I want to call

OSStatus err;
toString(err);

but I get these errors:

function std.string.toString called with argument types:
        (OSStatus)
matches both:
        std.string.toString(char)
and:
        std.string.toString(real)


It more readily matches toString(int). I realize the spec says that if a match is ambiguous, then it's an error, but it sure would be nice if this worked.

So, I tried defining my own toString(OSStatus):

char[]
toString(OSStatus inVal)
{
	return std.string.toString(cast (int) inVal);
}


But I get the same error.

Can someone tell me why? Surely an exact match would be acceptable. Thanks!