this is almost a workaround for the lack of named parameters

[bearophile]

foobar:

> Code that needs named parameters to be more readable is poorly 
> designed code in the first place.

Have you used a language where the usage of named arguments is 
idiomatic, like Python, Scala or Ada? They are sometimes useful 
even for well designed code, like functions with two arguments.

Bye,
bearophile