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Overloading vs Variable Arguments !!!

In a statically typed (object oriented?) language, function overloading offers the facility of organizing your code into two or more functions with different types and/or number of arguments. This is highly useful when the functionality offered by the function can be invoked in different scenarios. For instance, let us consider the function(s) below: // C# code Dictionary<string, object> CreateResponse(string msg) { return CreateResponse(ex.Message, 0, false); } Dictionary<string, object> CreateResponse(string msg, int code) { return CreateResponse(ex.Message, code, false); } Dictionary<string, object> CreateResponse(string msg, bool success) { return CreateResponse(ex.Message, 0, success); } Dictionary<string, object> CreateResponse(Exception ex) { return CreateResponse(ex.Message, ex.HResult, false); } Dictionary<string, object> CreateResponse(string msg, int code, bool success) { var errorInfo = new Dictionary<string, object>(); erro