C++Now 2014

Overloading gives C++ function calling much greater flexibility than C's.  However, overloading can lead to ambiguities, for which there are common tools: SFINAE, MPL's integral_constant, and tag dispatching.  However, using those tools is a black art compared to just renaming functions. In this talk, we will learn how to use those tools to manage function overload sets.  We will also discover when you must, should, should not, or cannot disambiguate function calls with those tools.

Examples come from implementations of library proposals, libc++, libstdc++, and Boost. MPL experience is not required.