Optional parameters referring to previous parameters?

[Mehrdad]

On Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 14:33:32 UTC, Mehrdad wrote:
> On Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 14:11:32 UTC, Mafi wrote:
>> Am 10.05.2012 02:16, schrieb Mehrdad:
>>> Is this possible/should it compile?
>>>
>>> If not, should I make an enhancement request for it? It's 
>>> been something
>>> that would've been useful in a ton of situations for me...
>>>
>>> 
> Yes! That's, like, 80 fewer characters... And it doesn't scale 
> with multiple optional arguments..

er, more* characters