C++ ADL is pretty bonkers indeed, or at least somewhat surprising if you don't know the rules very well. Thing is without ADL some patterns would be a lot harde

C++ ADL is pretty bonkers indeed, or at least somewhat surprising if you don't know the rules very well. Thing is without ADL some patterns would be a lot harder to write (or use). I personally dislike overloading very much so I'm probably not the best person to defend it though.