This is really interesting. I was about to correct you since I remembered using function overloading, but then I double checked and it was indeed C++. I knew ab

This is really interesting. I was about to correct you since I remembered using function overloading, but then I double checked and it was indeed C++. I knew about C++'s name mangling from having coded against it in FFI, but never knew why it existed: the name mangling is what allows C++ to have function overloading. Light bulb!