• order d.com (7/7) Jul 16 2005 byte < short < int < real < double?
• Walter (6/13) Jul 21 2005 The partial ordering follows the same 3 level rule as function overloadi...

order d.com writes:

byte < short < int < real < double? 


function std.math2.abs called with argument types:
(short)
matches both:
std.math2.abs(int)
and:
std.math2.abs(real)

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

<order d.com> wrote in message news:dbcquo$2stq$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 byte < short < int < real < double?


 function std.math2.abs called with argument types:
 (short)
 matches both:
 std.math2.abs(int)
 and:
 std.math2.abs(real)

The partial ordering follows the same 3 level rule as function overloading:

1) exact match
2) match with implicit conversions
3) no match

There aren't an arbitrarilly large number of levels like C++ has.