Function overloading in Javascript - Best practices

Question

What is the best way(s) to fake function overloading in Javascript?

I know it is not possible to overload functions in Javascript as in other languages. If I neede

Answer 1

I would like to share a useful example of overloaded-like approach.

function Clear(control)
{
  var o = typeof control !== "undefined" ? control : document.body;
  var children = o.childNodes;
  while (o.childNodes.length > 0)
    o.removeChild(o.firstChild);
}

Usage: Clear(); // Clears all the document

Clear(myDiv); // Clears panel referenced by myDiv