Re: Defining polymorphism vs. overloading

pardo@cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
7 Sep 90 16:52:16 GMT

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Newsgroups: comp.compilers
From: pardo@cs.washington.edu (David Keppel)
Keywords: polymorphism
Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle
References: <8133@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>
Date: 7 Sep 90 16:52:16 GMT

>[Ongoing discussion of overloading and polymorphism]


To summarize:


Given the name of of an operator where that operator applies to
several types, the operator is


* Polymorphic if all implementations are derived from a single
    specification.
* Ad-hoc polymorphic or overloaded if the implementations are derived
    from several specifications.


Oversimplified, but close?


;-D on ( A rose by any other name would be polymorphic ) Pardo
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