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

Most static languages also now support generics, which would solve your problem. As stated before, without having parameter diffs, there is not way to know which one to call. So if you want to do this, just use generics and call it a day.