DIP 1019--Named Arguments Lite--Final Review

[bachmeier]

On Saturday, 24 August 2019 at 16:36:51 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 8/23/19 6:23 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 8/23/2019 3:54 AM, Mike Parker wrote:
>>> DIP 1019, "Named Arguments Lite", is now ready for Final 
>>> Review. This is the last chance for community feedback before 
>>> the DIP is handed off to Walter and Átila for the Formal 
>>> Assessment.
>> 
>> 
>> I reiterate my previous opinion:
>> 
>> https://digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/DIP_1019--Named_Arguments_Lite--Community_Review_Round_2_327714.html#N327755
>
> We have two competing proposals for named arguments. Walter's 
> alternative has been consistently ignored, though I notice 
> Walter mentioned it more than once. That would be totally fine 
> if the proposals were better, but it doesn't take much to 
> figure Walter's is obviously way better, simpler, and 
> integrates beautifully within the existing language.
>
> This entire dynamics strikes me as massively counterproductive. 
> Why are we doing this?

I think most of us agree Walter's proposal is better. If Walter 
or Atila say they cannot support the current proposal, that will 
kill it, but that hasn't happened. Walter's proposal should have 
killed this DIP the first time.