Basic concept about multiple dispatch

[mauro3]

Just like two different types can have the same name, say

module A
struct AB end
end
module B
struct AB end
end

so can functions

module A
f() = 1
end
module B
f() = 1
end

Check this thread:

Two modules with the same exported function name but different signature

Hello, I have the following situation which I did not expected: defining a fucntion with the same name but different signature in two modules like this: ## Module RawTables function save(T::RawTable, name_pref::String) ... end ## Module RawPlots function save(T::RawPlot, name_pref::String) ... end and using them together results in WARNING: both RawPlots and RawTables export "save"; uses of it in module Main must be qualified I thought multiple dispatch is exactly good in being able to res…