On Friday, 4 December 2015 at 10:42:46 UTC, Marc Schütz wrote:
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Then we can add some syntax sugar to leave out the braces, too:
void bar(int a, T t)
bar(42, a: "bla", b: "xyz");
This effectively gives us strongly typed named arguments,
without making the names part of the function signature, which
Walter objected to the last time something like this was
proposed.
I like the idea of field names in a struct literal, but I would
prefer to keep the parens. And no braces! The syntax for literals
is already recommended over the C-style initializers, so IMO the
same ought to hold for named initializers. I agree with dropping
the struct name, though.
bar(42, (a: "bla", b: "xyz"))
I realized that if named arguments are not supported, then
dropping the parens should still indicate that you're dealing
with a struct, but the clear delineation is much more obvious. It
also holds the door open for Walter to change his mind on named
arguments.
