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Overloaded function signatures

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TypeScript
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Description

Add support for function overloads. These would be available in the type system and at compile-time only. They do NOT produce duplicate/multiple functions.

Basically do exactly what TypeScript did: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/functions.html#function-overloads

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Research direction

Start with the TypeScript function overload documentation linked in the issue, then trace the compiler's type-system and function-signature handling. Done means overloads are available to type checking and compilation without emitting duplicate or multiple runtime functions.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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