Proposition for change in D regarding Inheriting overloaded methods

[Bruno Medeiros]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Regan Heath wrote:
> 
> There is no runtime check or cost for it. The compiler just inserts a 
> call to a library support routine in D's vtbl[] entry for B.set(int).
> 
>> Is this done at runtime instead of compile time because the parameters 
>> cannot always be determined at compile time?
> 
> Yes.
> 

Huh? I don't understand this, how come it's not possible to detect it at 
compile time? Doesn't the full signature of all methods from both parent 
and child class have to be know at compile time?

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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