DIP 1020--Named Parameters--Community Review Round 1

[rikki cattermole]

On 02/04/2019 8:03 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
> At any rate, this is unlikely to win a beauty contest:
> 
> void fun(<bool a=b>c>);

Indeed. Hence I'm open to alternatives if we can find a good one. Its a 
hard syntax to come up with while keeping it consistent with all the 
current semantics.

> Also, it seems named parameters without reordering is like a wedding 
> without music.

We have three schools of thought in the D community. In around equal 
shares is those who think reordering is bad, and another who think its 
great. Finally there is also those who don't care much. Which I think 
take the larger portion.

I'm trying to find a balance between the three. None of the schools of 
thought seem to win out. They each have their pros and cons. But I'm in 
the belief that I have struck a good middle ground that gives us the 
chance later on to either restrict or loosen once we have gotten some 
experience with it.