A nice way to step into 2012

[Derek]

On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:16:56 +1100, Mehrdad <wfunction at hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/29/2011 3:07 AM, Don wrote:
>> sin(real x);
>> sin(real theta);
>>
>> The argument name is *completely* irrelevant. That shouldn't be part of  
>> the interface.
>>
>> I have a really really bad taste in my mouth from named arguments in  
>> COM.
> Great example... I can totally think that 'x', 'theta', 't', 'angle',  
> 'radians', 'value', 'val', 'v', etc. could all be valid parameter names  
> (some better than others, obviously).

I'm not so convinced ...

   sin(real elephant);

   set_color( int JohnSmith, int penis, int dictionary);


Actually, names do matter.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia