Function pointers/delegates default args were stealth removed?

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:57:45 +0200, Carl Sturtivant <sturtivant at gmail.com>  
wrote:

>> Suppose a function pointer can be called with fewer actual arguments  
>> than the number of parameters in its declaration. Suppose that when  
>> such a call is made, the missing arguments will always be assigned the  
>> default initialization for their types (default default-arguments!).  
>> Now suppose that a language mechanism is provided so that code in the  
>> function body can determine how many actual arguments were supplied at  
>> the point of call.
>>
>> Now any function pointer can simulate other default arguments  
>> (non-default default arguments) by testing the actual number of  
>> arguments supplied and assigning defaults overtly to the remainder  
>> inside the function body. No need for new types: this is a run-time  
>> action.
>
> That's a great idea Carl!

You *do* know you're talking to yourself, right?

-- 
Simen