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Wren: A classy little scripting language (wren.io)

submitted 6 days ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's not obvious to me what you mean, exactly. What do you find confusing about it?

[–] whiwake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I’m saying that when the project gets big, and each of those methods get long, A developer who is new to the project might have some confusion as to why there are methods with the same exact name inside of a class.

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 3 points 6 days ago

Ah. Since they're targeting host applications written in C or C++, I doubt their target demographic would be unfamiliar with function overloading though.

It's not like one has to use a feature just because it exists, so if it's really an issue just... don't?

[–] Cochise@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is common on OOP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_overloading

[–] whiwake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Which frequently leads to complications.

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

void log(int level) {
    cout << "Logging numeric level: " << level << endl;
}

void log(string message) {
    cout << "Logging message: " << message << endl;
}

int main() {
    log('A');  // Uh oh — which one is this?
}

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago

The level one. But that's more due to implicit casting rather than function overloading imo.