Abstract def overload with free var

[Blacksmoke16]

Given the following code:

class Foo; end

module TestInterface
  abstract def add(foo : Foo) : Foo
  abstract def add(bar : T) : Nil forall T
end

class Test
  include TestInterface

  def add(foo : Foo) : Foo
    foo
  end

  def add(bar : T) : Nil forall T

  end
end

t = Test.new

pp t.add Foo.new
pp t.add 123

It fails to compile due to:

 11 | def add(foo : Foo) : Foo
                           ^--
Error: this method must return Nil, which is the return type of the overridden method TestInterface#add(bar : T) forall T, or a subtype of it, not Foo

I also tried with -Dpreview_overload_order which resulted in the same error.

It seems the abstract def checker thinks the overload with the explicit type is overriding the free var overload, instead of treating them separately.

I was able to work around this for now by defining the free var method in the interface as:

def add(bar : T) : Nil forall T
  {% @type.raise "abstract `def TestInterface#add(bar : T) : Nil forall T` must be implemented by #{@type}" %}
end

Which works for now :shrug:.

[HertzDevil]

Duplicate of #10699?

[Blacksmoke16]

I found that one, but the error in this one was different so reported it separately.