On 03/01/2011 12:48 PM, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:20:22 +0100, spir wrote:
On 02/28/2011 11:13 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
But I still don't see the need for this feature. Aren't people using
IDEs where the function signature (with parameter names) pops up when
you're entering the function, and when you move the mouse over the
function call?
You are wrong Don, this is not an argument. The feature is *not* for
writing code, but for reading it (first your own code). Obviously, if
you can write parameter names, this means you know them somehow, lol!
The names provide highly valuable info at /reading/ time.
Dunno, vim doesn't do that for me currently. Also, if reviewing code
on github, there is no ide.
Geany does it, but only for currently open files. Meaning, to have it
work when programming in D, I should have the whole stdlib open in geany
tabs... Anyway, as said above, this feature is 'orthogonal' to the
question discussed in this thread.
I'm fed up with people opposing to features very relevant for code
clarity, which they are not forced to use, and can hardly bother when
reading code themselves. Is the second statement below really that hard
to read?
p = new Point([1,2,3], [3,2,1]);
p = new Point(color:[1,2,3], pos:[3,2,1]);
Are the following really that hard to read?
p = new Point(/* color */ [1,2,3], /* pos */ [3,2,1]);
p = new Point(
[1, 2, 3], // color
[3, 2, 1], // pos
);
Just like the unittest feature is very simple and brings no new functionality
(you can very easily write unittests w/o the feature), but having them an
official feature makes it nicer, obvious, and used everywhere.
Denis
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