Re: optional argument versus subroutine overloading


"Steve Lionel" <steve.lionel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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reubendb wrote:

Is function/subroutine overloading actually resolved
during compilation, or during run time, as in the case of presence
test ?

Overloading is typically resolved at compile time. I'd be astonished
if any implementation did it differently.

Steve,
Surely the optional argument case too?

Regards,

Mike Metcalf


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