DIP 1030--Named Arguments--Community Review Round 1 Discussion

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On Monday, 10 February 2020 at 19:38:34 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
> I don't have any horse in this race... but I do just want to 
> echo that
> I don't understand this feature at all.
> I don't know what it's for. I've never felt I wanted named 
> arguments

It's about my thoughts too. I think the question that needs to be 
solved by named parameters isn't strong enough.

Optional named parameters are handy but D already offers a 
variety of methods in order to pass those.

My fear as already other people pointed out is that named 
arguments will give D split personality. Some people adore named 
arguments and will use them for everything and others will not 
touch them. Libraries will use either methods and therefore make 
D feel schizophrenic.

Also what would the implementation complexity be if this would be 
implemented?