Creating method overloads in JS using Function.length

gistfile1.js

function addMethod(object, name, fn){ 
  // Save a reference to the old method 
  var old = object[ name ]; 
 
  // Overwrite the method with our new one 
  object[ name ] = function(){ 
    // Check the number of incoming arguments, 
    // compared to our overloaded function 
    if ( fn.length == arguments.length ) 
      // If there was a match, run the function 
      return fn.apply( this, arguments ); 
 
    // Otherwise, fallback to the old method 
    else if ( typeof old === "function" ) 
      return old.apply( this, arguments ); 
  }; 
}

Original source:
Learning Advanced JavaScript - http://ejohn.org/apps/learn/#89