A nice way to step into 2012

[Don]

On 31.12.2011 02:27, so wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:40:24 +0200, Don <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> I think: there are cases when named parameters are beneficial. There
>> are cases where they are detrimental.
>> Is it possible to get the first, without the second, and without much
>> complexity?
>
> If we keep rules simple as possible i think it is possible.
> For that we need our own rules i think, remembering all those rules
> suggested here
> i can understand why people have issues with them.
>
>> (I'm thinking of something like, a colon before the parameter name
>> means the name is part of the API).
>
> This i don't like, we shouldn't change anything on API side.
> All they need to know is that their parameter names (if they provid one)
> might be used in NPs.
> Otherwise it would complicate both implementation and usability.

But it is IMPOSSIBLE to not provide them.