Overloading local function with same name as enclosing function

[dotjpg3141]

Overloading local function with same name as the enclosing function gives a compiler error:

class Program
{
	static int Sum(int value)
	{
		int Sum()
		{
			return Sum(value - 1);
		}
		return value + Sum();
	}
}

Expected behaviour:
It compiles

Actual behaviour:
CS1501: No overload for method 'Sum' takes 1 arguments.

If I rename the local function to something other than Sum it will compile.

[svick]

I believe this is the expected behavior right now. Local functions don't behave like methods that can be overloaded, they behave like local variables. And if you have a local variable that has the same name as the enclosing method, only the local variable can be directly referenced.

If you're looking for a workaround, you could use Program.Sum(value - 1).