DIP 88: Simple form of named parameters

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2016-01-23 16:34, tcak wrote:

> Without making things any complex, the simplest thought of mine is:
>
> Keep everything same. But allow caller to put name of parameter front
> its value wherever desired.
>
> Let's say,
>
> Rect createRect(int x, int y, int width, int height);
>
> So you could call it like:
>
> createRect( 10, 20, width: 200, height: 500 );

I think that the DIP clearly states why it doesn't work like the above. 
One of the big objections of previous proposals was that the parameters 
of existing functions would be come part of the API. That is, it would 
not be possible to rename a parameter without breaking the API.

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/Jacob Carlborg