/** Add a symbol to our scope */
  void add(Definition def) {
    // Check to see if we already have a definition
    Definition oldDef = (Definition) elements.get(def.getName());

    // If so, we'll create a MultiDef to hold them
    if (oldDef != null) {
      // If the symbol there so far was not a MultiDef
      if (!(oldDef instanceof MultiDef)) {
        // remove the old definition
        elements.remove(oldDef);

        // create a new MultiDef
        MultiDef newMulti = new MultiDef(def.getName(), oldDef);

        // add the old symbol to the MultiDef
        newMulti.addDef(oldDef);
        oldDef = newMulti;

        // add the MultiDef back into the scope
        elements.put(def.getName(), oldDef);
      }

      // We now have a multidef, so add the new symbol to it
      ((MultiDef) oldDef).addDef(def);
    }

    // Otherwise, just add the new symbol to the scope
    else {
      elements.put(def.getName(), def);
      def.setParentScope(this);
    }
  }
  /**
   * Lookup a method in the scope This is usually just a hashtable lookup, but if the element
   * returned is a MultiDef, we need to ask it to find the best match
   */
  Definition lookup(String name, int numParams) {
    // Try to find the name in our scope
    Definition d = (Definition) elements.get(name);

    // if we found multiple defs of the same name, ask the multidef
    //  to do the resolution for us.
    if (d instanceof MultiDef) return d.lookup(name, numParams);

    // if we got a method back, check to see that the params apply
    else if (d instanceof MethodDef)
      if (((MethodDef) d).getParamCount() == numParams) return d;
      else return null;
    else return d;
  }