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Is it still called overloading?

noatom · 2013-06-21T04:48:07

If I create a function that has the same name and arguments as another function,but a different return type,is it still called overloading?

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Started by noatom June 20, 2013 05:33 PM

9 comments, last by Krohm 10 years, 10 months ago

Krohm

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June 21, 2013 04:48 AM

Isn't overriding a term used just for giving another definition for a virtual function?

Yes, it is. But since we're talking about "covariant-return-type overrides", it makes sense to talk about overrides whose return type is exactly as originally specified, and that would be the regular override, an override like it always used to be.

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Is it still called overloading?

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