Is this a bug or intended behavior? I can call it like Test.DoThis but it seems like overloading should work.

{$mode objfpc}
program test;
type
  THelper = class helper for TObject
    procedure DoThis; overload;
  end;
procedure DoThis (param: string); overload;
begin
end;
procedure THelper.DoThis;
begin
  DoThis('string'); // <——— ERROR: Wrong number of parameters specified for call to "DoThis"
end;
begin
end.

Regards,
Ryan Joseph

As far as I know, in a method "overload" only means it checks higher up the inheritance chain. Delphi gives the same error.

Michael.

I'm not sure if this is anything you're interested in but ...

You can qualify the of the procedure with the unit or program identifier.

program Test;
{$mode objfpc}
type
  THelper = class helper for TObject
    procedure DoThis;
  end;
procedure DoThis(Param: string);
begin
  WriteLn(Param);
end;
procedure THelper.DoThis;
begin
  Test.DoThis('Hello World');
end;
var
  Obj: TObject;
begin
  Obj := TObject.Create;
  try
    Obj.DoThis;
  finally
    Obj.Free;
  end;
end.