■Fan vs Scala: Different Trade-offs ( fantom.org/sidewalk/topic/675 ) ＞ 『Slot Reflection』 ＞ One of major design decisions Fan made a long time ago was to disallow method overloading. ＞ Method overloading is the kiss of death for easy reflection and meta-programming. In Fan any ＞ slot can be identified with the qualified name pod::Type.slot. Slot literals are built into the language:
＞ m := List#join // same as Slot.findMethod("sys::List.join")
＞ Languages like Java or Scala which support method overloading require the parameter types in ＞ order to perform method reflection. Identifying methods strictly by name is also a key enabler ＞ for efficient dynamic dispatch. This is a trade-off Fan and Scala have made differently - Fan ＞ took away a Java feature in order to simplify reflection and dynamic dispatch.
