Function overloading in PowerShell

Question

Can you overload functions in PowerShell?

I want to my function to accept a string, array or some switch.

An example of what I want:

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Answer 1

1) Build a class...

class c1 { 
    [int]f1( [string]$x ){ return 1 } 
    [int]f1( [int ]$x ){ return 2 }
    }

1+) Use STATIC METHODS if you prefer to call them without instantiation...

class c1 { 
    static [int] f1( [string]$x ){ return 1 } 
    static [int] f1( [int]$x ){ return 2 } 
    }

2) Call the methods in class or object... overload works OK

$o1 = [c1]::new()
o1.f1( "abc" ) ~> returns 1
o1.f1( 123 )   ~> returns 2

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-OR-

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[c1]::f1( "abc" ) ~> returns 1
[c1]::f1( 123 )   ~> returns 2

3) If (like me)
you want to have "Overloaded Functions" placed in a libraries...
so your users can use them transparently...
from code or from Interactive Command Line (REPL)...

the closest I could came to
"Overloading functions in Powershell"
was something like this:

function Alert-String() { [c1]::f1( "abc" ) }
function Alert-Strings(){ [c1]::f1( 123 ) }
function Alert-Stringn(){ [c1]::f1( 123 ) }

Maybe in PS-Core v8??? ;-)

Hope it helps...