Multiple dispatch or multimethods is a feature of some programming languages in which a function or method can be dynamically dispatched based on the run-time (dynamic) type or, in the more general case, some other attribute of more than one of its arguments.[1] This is a generalization of single-dispatch polymorphism where a function or method call is dynamically dispatched based on the derived type of the object on which the method has been called. Multiple dispatch routes the dynamic dispatch to the implementing function or method using the combined characteristics of one or more arguments.
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Multipledispatch or multimethods is a feature of some programming languages in which a function or method can be dynamically dispatched based on the run-time...
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(OO), and generic. It also supports features such as call by name, multipledispatch, function overloading, operator overloading, exception handling and...
or some newer derivative language supporting type inference and multipledispatch. In each case, the capitalisation or lack thereof supports a different...
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