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description: 'Require that function overload signatures be consecutive.'
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> 🛑 This file is source code, not the primary documentation location! 🛑
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> See **https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/adjacent-overload-signatures** for documentation.

Function overload signatures represent multiple ways a function can be called, potentially with different return types.
It's typical for an interface or type alias describing a function to place all overload signatures next to each other.
If Signatures placed elsewhere in the type are easier to be missed by future developers reading the code.

## Examples

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```ts
declare namespace Foo {
  export function foo(s: string): void;
  export function foo(n: number): void;
  export function bar(): void;
  export function foo(sn: string | number): void;
}

type Foo = {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  bar(): void;
  foo(sn: string | number): void;
};

interface Foo {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  bar(): void;
  foo(sn: string | number): void;
}

class Foo {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  bar(): void {}
  foo(sn: string | number): void {}
}

export function foo(s: string): void;
export function foo(n: number): void;
export function bar(): void;
export function foo(sn: string | number): void;
```

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```ts
declare namespace Foo {
  export function foo(s: string): void;
  export function foo(n: number): void;
  export function foo(sn: string | number): void;
  export function bar(): void;
}

type Foo = {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  foo(sn: string | number): void;
  bar(): void;
};

interface Foo {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  foo(sn: string | number): void;
  bar(): void;
}

class Foo {
  foo(s: string): void;
  foo(n: number): void;
  foo(sn: string | number): void {}
  bar(): void {}
}

export function bar(): void;
export function foo(s: string): void;
export function foo(n: number): void;
export function foo(sn: string | number): void;
```

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## When Not To Use It

It can sometimes be useful to place overload signatures alongside other meaningful parts of a type.
For example, if each of a function's overloads corresponds to a different property, you might wish to put each overloads next to its corresponding property.
You might consider using [ESLint disable comments](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/use/configure/rules#using-configuration-comments-1) for those specific situations instead of completely disabling this rule.

## Related To

- [`unified-signatures`](./unified-signatures.mdx)
