[IronPython] Choosing the right overload

[J. Merrill]

At 06:25 AM 6/16/2006, Jonathan Jacobs wrote (in part)
>Hi,
>
>I'm wondering how to call a specific overload, more specifically one that in 
>C# would take an out parameter but in IronPython does/can not.
>
>Here are the available overloads:
>
> >>> print Direct3D.Mesh.FromFile.__doc__
>[snip]
>static (Mesh, array_ExtendedMaterial) FromFile(str filename, MeshFlags 
>options, Device device)
>static Mesh FromFile(str filename, MeshFlags options, Device device)
>[snip]
>
>I want to call:
>
>static (Mesh, array_ExtendedMaterial) FromFile(str filename, MeshFlags 
>options, Device device)
>
>I've tried using __overloads__:
>
> >>> print Direct3D.Mesh.FromFile.__overloads__[(str, Direct3D.MeshFlags, 
>Direct3D.Device)].__doc__
>static Mesh FromFile(str filename, MeshFlags options, Device device)
>
>I'm going to assume that I'd need some way to specify the return type, which 
>also makes me wonder how you'd specify an object of type array_ExtendedMaterial?

Something would be wrong if __overloads__ is keyed only by the input type(s).  It has to include the out parameters, in the position that they're defined by C#.

>So, is there a way I can do this without resorting to writing a C# helper 
>function?

If you know where the "out" parameter goes in the parameter list (e.g. at the end) you could specify a tuple that includes it in the right spot.  Martin has shown you how to define the array.



I don't know if C# allows overloads that are identical except for out-ness -- can you have both
    int Foo(string x, out int blah)
and int Foo(string x,     int blah)
???


J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp