named parameters to functions

[renoX]

BCS a écrit :
> Reply to Zola,
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm amazed by some things D does have,
>> Except I'm puzzled by this one one gaping hole in D.
>> It's something I've been pissed off about C++ for 10 years now: Named
>> parameters to functions.
>>
>> window* w = new_window("alert box", movable=false);
>>
>> We can almost do this in C++ today with boost.parameter and I hate it
>> so much that I refuse to use it, because the only way to do so is by
>> polluting your namespace.
>>
>> I'm really surprised to see that D doesn't have this super important
>> feature. It redefines and simplifies a whole world of class design..
>> for user interfaces especially.
>>
>> If D included this, I think it would be the tipping point to really
>> getting me into D, and making a serious library for it.
>>
>> Please.
>>
>> - Z
>>
> 
> It's have been proposed and favorably received. It's now on the list of 
> things to do at some point in the not to distant future.

That's a good news, I do agree with the original poster that it'll make 
code much more readable.

renoX
> 
> For now you can sort of fake it with struct literals.
> 
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