Aspnetcore.docs: C# and razor do NOT support overloaded local functions

[Seabizkit]

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overloads do not work

simple example

@{

    void RenderName(string name)
    {
        <p>Name: <strong>@name</strong></p>
    }

    void RenderName(int intValue)
    {
        <p>Name: <strong>@intValue</strong></p>
    }
}

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[guardrex]

@NTaylorMullen Is this supported? It's not addressed in the Razor syntax topic.

[NTaylorMullen]

@NTaylorMullen Is this supported? It's not addressed in the Razor syntax topic.

Overloads should work. @Seabizkit what issue are you seeing with them?

[Seabizkit]

@NTaylorMullen

that complains... as is, does not compile....."name already exist... compile error" but what is interesting unless i missed something... but below works... surely they should both work.

@functions 
{
     void RenderName(string name)
    {
        <p>Name: <strong>@name</strong></p>
    }

    void RenderName(int intValue)
    {
        <p>Name: <strong>@intValue</strong></p>
    }
}

key word functions, makes it work... how odd

[NTaylorMullen]

key word functions, makes it work... how odd

Ahh, interesting what you're seeing then is a C# restriction.When you say @functions {...} what you're saying is add the following to my class body where @{} entails add the following to a method in my class body (a local function). Therefore since C# doesn't support overloaded local functions you can't utilize them in @{}.

I can reproduce in a simple console app:

@guardrex is there a "by design" equivalent label?

[guardrex]

No, but we don't cover it in the Razor syntax topic. Would you like it covered there?

[guardrex]

If we close as by-design, it can be labelled with the product-question label .............

I guess this makes sense _not_ to cover it. The error message is fairly clear in the sense that 'you can't do this.'