Discussion Thread: DIP 1030--Named Arguments--Final Review

[Arine]

On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 01:07:38 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 19.05.20 02:05, Arine wrote:
>> On Sunday, 17 May 2020 at 13:25:35 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>> On 14.05.20 07:57, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Besides, if you really don't want your users to use the 
>>>> parameter names,
>>>>
>>>>      int foo(int _dkfjjiufheuehgthu, long 
>>>> _yer_mother_was_a_hamster, double 
>>>> _I_did_not_read_the_documentation);
>>>>
>>>> and I bet they'll get the message.
>>>
>>> Or you can just use `int foo(int, long, double);`.
>> 
>> Not that useful for open source code (the majority of D). 
>> Don't think I even know of or have used a single library that 
>> only provides .di files.
>
> int foo(int, long, double){
>     return cast(int)(_param_0+_param_1+_param_2);
> }

And that's better for readability? Both methods are equally as 
bad. That one may be worse because it is an undocumented 
"feature".