How to achieve function overloading in C?

Question

Is there any way to achieve function overloading in C? I am looking at simple functions to be overloaded like foo (int a) foo (char b) foo (float c , int d)I think there is no straight forward way; I'm looking for workarounds if any exist.

Answer 1

Not really...

you either have to mangle the function name or use function pointers

//name mangling

iFoo (int a);

chFoo ( char ch);

flFoo( float x);