Re: Simulate Polymorphism in Lua

[David Dunham <david@...>]

On 18 Jan 2008, at 10:14, RJP Computing wrote:

> I would like to bind two functions that are using polymorphisms in C 
> ++, to Lua, is this possible?
>
> example:
>     Create( std::string path, std::string section )
> and
>     Create( std::string hardware, std::string device,  
> std::map<std::string, std::string> hardwareInitSettings )

This isn't actually polymorphism, it's function overloading.

But it's trivial, count the arguments. Or change your API to pass a  
table:

Create{path="foo/bar", section="top"}

This approach also makes it easy to have any argument optional.


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