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What is the difference between polymorphism and overloading?

i wrote:
> What is the difference between polymorphism and overloading?
>

Read any good OO book or website.

"i" <> wrote in message
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> What is the difference between polymorphism and overloading?

Polymorphism is the implementation of the
OO 'is a' concept.

Overloading is the assigning of different
meanings to a single construct (e.g. operator,
function) depending upon context.

-Mike

Mike Wahler wrote:
>
> "i" wrote:
>> What is the difference between polymorphism and overloading?
>
> Polymorphism is the implementation of the
> OO 'is a' concept.
>
> Overloading is the assigning of different
> meanings to a single construct (e.g. operator,
> function) depending upon context.

"Polymorphism" is OO term - "one message has multiple implementations".

"Overloading" is C++ term and correct for non object oriented programs
also - "one function name can be used for some different functions with
different number of parameters".

Some kind of "polymorphism" in C++ can be implemented with the help of
"overloading".

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