ac> Function overloading.

It seems to me as though this is one type.

ac> This can then can extend to operator overloading if the need arises.

Are these intrinsically the same thing?  I think that I forgot my brain 
in the laundry room the last time I washed my clothes.

NH> Can anyone tell me a definitive and authoritative (and possibly 
NH> verifiable) source that I can use?  The last four words are the
NH> key to  that sentence.

ac> Well, what for?  Are you trying to win a bet?  :-)

I wish it were that simple.  When I went looking on the web for 
"definition of polymorphism" (and variants of those words).  I could 
find nothing definitive.

Given the following scenario:

Class A

Class B derives from Class A

Class C derives from Class A but does different stuff than Class B.

Somewhere in the main program, a pointer (or referent, depending on the 
language) of type Class B is instantiated.  That object does a few 
things and then for whatever reason, is coerced (typecast) to a Class A 
pointer.  It does something with a Class A object and then resumes life 
again as a Class B pointer.

Does this changing object represent a form of polymorphism?  How many 
different types of polymorphism are there?  Is there an actual number I 
can get my hands on?

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