Template method and overloading

[Bill Baxter]

gerleim wrote:
> Why
> "template test.A.Foo(T) conflicts with test.A.Foo(T) at ..."
> ?
> 
> public class A
> {
> 	public void Foo(T)(T p1)
> 	{
> 	}
> 
> 	public void Foo(T)(T p1, bool b)
> 	{
> 	}
> }
> 
> The two methods has different signatures.
> I'm not really familiar with c++ templates, but c#/.net can handle this.
> 
> What's the reason behind this, and will the behaviour change?
> 
> Thanks,
>  gerleim

Yeh that's not allowed.  I presume the reason was it was easier to 
implement this way.
The workaround is to give them different *template* parameter lists. 
Something like:
  	public void Foo(T)(T p1)
  	{
  	}

  	public void Foo(T,dummy=float)(T p1, bool b)
  	{
  	}

It's silly that you have to do that, but since that workaround is 
available, I don't think Walter considers fixing it a very high priority.

--bb