Ok, I did think that would be part of it but the only reference I could find in the documentation was at http://golang.org/doc/faq#overloading http://golang.org

Ok, I did think that would be part of it but the only reference I could find in the documentation was at http://golang.org/doc/faq#overloading http://golang.org/doc/faq#overloading which suggested that names are the only thing considered. (The other document I looked at before was http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html which didn't help) Fair enough, I did say I was only speculating and I've learned something.