Simple overloading without complications

[Lodovico Giaretta via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 13:44:02 UTC, Adam Sansier wrote:
> On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 at 08:52:26 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
>> Extract functions for shared parts:
>>
>> void Do(string name)
>> {
>>     DoStuff();
>>     int i = find(name);
>>     DoStuffWithIndex(i);
>> }
>>
>> void Do(int name)
>> {
>>     DoStuff();
>>     DoStuffWithIndex(i);
>> }
>
> I don't like it, creates an extra function for no apparent 
> reason except to get around the problem of not having a yield 
> type of semantic. Again, I wasn't asking for any ol' solution, 
> there are many ways to skin this cat.

It is usually considered a good thing to break big functions into 
smaller ones; this allows for easier code reading, better 
maintainability and easier reuse.
Also note that yield semantics as available in various languages 
is much different from what you are proposing here.