Types for the overloaded ABI functions are not supported

[nazarhussain]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

If we have a contract with overloaded methods, the types does not support those.

contract FuncOverload {    
  address owner;    
  
  constructor() public {        
    owner = msg.sender;    
  }    
  
  function transfer(address _to, uint _amount) public returns (bool) {
    return doTransfer(_to, _amount);    
  }    
  function transfer(address _to) public returns (bool) {        
    return doTransfer(_to, 1 ether);
  }
}

Expected Behavior

The type should detect and throw error on compile time, if user pass different number of arguments for overloaded functions.

Steps to Reproduce

await myContract.methods.transer(address).send();
await myContract.methods.transer(address, 10000).send();

Web3.js Version

4.x

Environment

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• Node.js Version:
• NPM Version:

Anything Else?

In alpha release of 4.x the the behavior exists but the types does not support. For now use as any to bypass this check.

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[mconnelly8]

Duplicate issue. Keeping #5486