Editing Function overloading (section)

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In some [[programming language]]s, '''function overloading''' or '''method overloading''' is the ability to create multiple [[subprogram|functions]] of the same name with different implementations. Calls to an overloaded function will run a specific implementation of that function appropriate to the context of the call, allowing one function call to perform different tasks depending on context.