Re: Function overloading between modules

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d-learn]

JN wrote:

Is this expected behaviour?
bar.d
---
void foo(string s)
{
}


app.d
---

import std.stdio;
import bar;

void foo(int x)
{
}

void main()
{
   foo("hi");
};


===
Error: function app.foo (int x) is not callable using argument types 
(string)

yes. this is done so unqualified won't silently "steal" your functions. 
this can cause some unexpected (and hard to find) bugs.

if you want it to work, you can either do qualified import

        import bar : foo;

or manuall bring overloads from `bar` with

        alias foo = bar.foo;