Forum OpenACS Q&A: Why is acs_user__new defined twice

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1: Why is acs_user__new defined twice
Posted by Koroush Iranpour on 07/03/02 07:46 PM
Hi,

I was wondering why is the function acs_user__new defined twice in

packages/acs-kernel/sql/postgresql/community-core-create.sql

Thanks

Koroush

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2: Response to Why is acs_user__new defined twice (response to 1)
Posted by Yonatan Feldman on 07/03/02 07:49 PM
the function is being overloaded to provide the proper defaults without having to pass them in every time.
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3: Response to Why is acs_user__new defined twice (response to 1)
Posted by Koroush Iranpour on 07/03/02 07:59 PM
So how do you know which one you are calling when you write code.
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4: Response to Why is acs_user__new defined twice (response to 1)
Posted by Yonatan Feldman on 07/03/02 08:04 PM
it is decided by the arguments you send it. either you send the arguments that match one signature or the other.
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5: Response to Why is acs_user__new defined twice (response to 1)
Posted by Koroush Iranpour on 07/03/02 08:07 PM
While you send the arguments for one the other does not complain with something like "wrong number of arguments"? Pretty smart I must say. Thank you for the clarification.