DIP 1030--Named Arguments--Community Review Round 1 Discussion

[12345swordy]

On Monday, 10 February 2020 at 19:49:24 UTC, 12345swordy wrote:
> On Monday, 10 February 2020 at 19:38:34 UTC, Manu wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 7:34 PM Jonathan M Davis via 
>> Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> I don't have any horse in this race... but I do just want to 
>> echo that
>> I don't understand this feature at all.
>> I don't know what it's for. I've never felt I wanted named 
>> arguments
>> personally, and Jonathan's criticism feels very real to me.
>>
>> [...]
>
> For me personalty, readability\reliability is a huge factor 
> here. Knowing what values should go to where is a big plus for 
> me, when dealing with default arguments. I work with C# code 
> when it comes to web development, and the default parameters 
> prevent me sending values to the wrong parameter.
>
> -Alex

Meant to say "Named arguments prevent me from sending values to 
the wrong parameter"