C# not inferring overloaded method via return type

Question

I\'m writing a C# programlet to crawl a directory and give me a listing of files whose date in the last CSV line is less than the current date. Since this is a programlet, I\'m

Answer 1

No, C# (like C++ before it) does not allow an overload where the only difference is in the return type.

The big problem here is which one do you call if you don't assign the return value? Which one do you call if both types are castable to the return value assignment? Its highly ambiguous, and so not allowed.