Pretty please: Named arguments

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/2/11 8:45 AM, Jim wrote:
> In addition to that, named template arguments would allow you to
> create very customizable, yet lean types. It would be possible to
> parameterize all components. Basically, if you're not pleased with
> the default search algorithm or container type of a more complex
> object then you can specify your own.

Got to say, named template arguments would be pretty awesome for 
policy-based design. There are other ways to deal with that (just accept 
variadic arguments and detect policies by signatures) but that's less 
clear for the client and aggravates the library writer.

Andrei