Presuming you can do:
(who => $name, why => $reason) := (why => $because, who => "me");
(from A6)
Does that imply that you can do:
sub routine (name => $nombre, date => $fecha) {...}
If we're consistent about lvalues of binds being the same as argument lists, it probably does.
Anyway, I just realized that this is finally an elegant way to do multiple, unordered return values:
(name => $name, id => $id) := getinfo();
Yep.
(Or, in this precise case:)
(+$name, +$id) := getinfo();
Err, no. Or at least: "Please, No!". ;-)
That would certainly be a way cool abbreviation, but I suspect it would be a Very Bad Idea for unary plus to have two unrelated meanings out in the actual code. I suspect that the "named-only" markers are only available within actual parameter lists.
Damian
