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

[Walter Bright]

On 2/10/2020 3:20 PM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
>   I took a quick look at std.math in phobos to see what some of the current 
> argument names are:
> 
> auto conj(Num)(Num z) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
> auto abs(Num)(Num x) @nogc pure nothrow
> real cos(real x) @safe pure nothrow @nogc { pragma(inline, true); return 
> core.math.cos(x); }
> auto sin(creal z) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
> auto sin(ireal y) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
> 
> So we have some of this:
> 
> conj(z:someValue);
> abs(x:someValue);
> sin(y:someValue);
> 
> Now that parameter names are apart of the function's API, this inconsistency 
> starts to matter

It isn't inconsistent. In math, z=x+iy is normal notation, i.e. x for real 
numbers, y for imaginary, and z for complex.

Besides, I doubt there's much of any point for using named parameters for those 
functions.