named arguments (C++) - Something D could learn from

[JN]

On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 22:16:28 UTC, Matthew OConnor 
wrote:
>
> I am a C++ developer by day and reading that article made me 
> cringe. C++ has this creeping, expansive, everything ends up in 
> the language or writable in it, if you accept awful messages 
> and contorting the syntax. I hope D doesn't go down that route.

Well that's the problem. If it was implemented as a language 
feature it'd be a clean solution with nice syntax. But trying to 
force it with templates will always look ugly.