On 4/19/04 1:41 PM, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> At 1:14 PM -0400 4/19/04, 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.
>
> Well... maybe, but ponder a likely common case--automatically
> redelegated initialization methods with classes that have parents
> written in languages without named parameters. (Like, say, all the
> rest...)
Then either make the order part of the API ("Sorry, we're using a C lib!")
or provide "manual" delegation with an arg-ordering wrapper. Calling out to
lesser languages is always bound to be crufty... ;)
-John
