Which of the following correctly describes overloading of functions?

Answer: A. Ad-hoc polymorphism

Ad-hoc polymorphism correctly describes overloading of functions.

Solution

The answer to the question- Which of the following correctly describes overloading of functions? is explained in detail here. Functions with the same name can behave differently for each type allowed in ad-hoc polymorphism. Ad hoc polymorphism is a type of polymorphism in programming languages where polymorphic functions can be applied to arguments of various types. This is because a polymorphic function may denote a variety of unique and potentially heterogeneous implementations depending on the type of argument(s) to which it is applied.

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