How to disable Type inference for generic procedures ?

[Ky Nam]

Hello Thought I turn off option Type inference , I still has problem

Shared Sub Abc(Of T)(ByVal def As T)
End Sub

Shared Sub Abc(ByVal def As Object)
End Sub

Shared Sub New()
     Abc("a string") '---> this line always calls Abc(Of String)(ByVal def As String)
    'I really don't want to change existing code to Abc(CObj(""))
End Sub

[Dave Kreskowiak]

You don't have a choice. Think of it this way... The compiler is going to automatically generate code specific to each type that uses this method. If you leave this setup the way it is, the method defined as ByVal def As Object will only be called when you pass something boxed in an Object type. Every other type will go to the generic version of the method.

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