On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:30:18AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:14:57PM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: > : I know we are running out of special characters, but I really, really think > : that required named parameters are a natural fit for many common APIs. A12 > : has reinforced that belief. Save me, Dami-Wan Wallnobi, you're my only > : hope... > > Well, actually, we saved you last summer when we decided to make + > mean that the parameter must be named.
Except that last time I read, named parameters are always optional. So, if John wants perl to carp when any of the name, age, or id is unspecified, he's back to manually checking the parameters at run-time. Maybe that's a feature. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
