On 01.03.2011 20:55, Bekenn wrote:
On 3/1/11 4:52 AM, Max Samukha wrote:
I hate that "explicitness improves code clarity and readability"
argument. It may be true in some cases but most of the time explicitness
creates unnecessary redundancy that actually impairs readability.
Correct. However, named arguments are not a "most of the time" feature.
Just look at some Python code, where named arguments have been supported
for a very long time; you'll still mostly see people making calls using
positional arguments, which is as it should be. Named arguments are
there for when they're helpful, and get out of the way when they're not.
I am not against named arguments. What I wanted to say is that
writef(formatstr: "...", ) does not make the code more readable. Also, I
shudder at the thought that the compiler guys may stop working on the
toolchain issues and rush to implement named arguments instead.
