Function overloading by return type?

Question

Why don\'t more mainstream statically typed languages support function/method overloading by return type? I can\'t think of any that do. It seems no less useful or reasona

Answer 1

if you want to overload methods with different return types, just add a dummy parameter with default value to allow the overload execution, but don't forget the parameter type should be different so the overload logic works next is an e.g on delphi:

type    
    myclass = class
    public
      function Funct1(dummy: string = EmptyStr): String; overload;
      function Funct1(dummy: Integer = -1): Integer; overload;
    end;

use it like this

procedure tester;
var yourobject : myclass;
  iValue: integer;
  sValue: string;
begin
  yourobject:= myclass.create;
  iValue:= yourobject.Funct1(); //this will call the func with integer result
  sValue:= yourobject.Funct1(); //this will call the func with string result
end;