Order of evaluation for named arguments

[claptrap]

On Wednesday, 2 April 2025 at 02:09:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 April 2025 at 11:26:34 UTC, claptrap wrote:
>> I mean I don't see the point of just being able to change the 
>> order the parameters are passed in?
>
> ```d
> int generateNextThing(); // assume this is not easy to replicate
> void foo(int a, int b);
>
> void main() {
>     // I want to pass the next thing in as b, and the next next 
> thing in as a.
>     auto bval = generateNextThing();
>     foo(generateNextThing(), bval);
>
>
>     // hey, why not just pass them in the order specified!
>     foo(b: generateNextThing(), a: generateNextThing()); // 
> oops next thing goes to a, next next thing goes to b.
> }
> ```
>
> It's not exactly a killer example, but you can see how one 
> might expect that to work as the spec details.

Ok yeah thats a good point.