What is the reason for not having overloaded versions of fn?

[steffahn]

A quick search brings up e. g. this thread with some answers

Justification for Rust not Supporting Function Overloading (directly)

There was recently a Reddit post regarding implementing function overloading through “clever” use of Traits. My personal feeling is that it was demonstrating a Rust anti-pattern, in particular, as well as a general anti-pattern. I personally find the lack of Function Overloading in Rust to be the correct choice and think “teaching” how to emulate design patterns that Rust specifically has decide aren’t warranted is not a good idea. I suggested the original poster add some comment regarding the …