As long as you can still provide an overriding value to only one of the defaulted parameters I probably wouldn't miss it. I would hate to have to re-state the default value of all the parameters up to the one I want to change, though.
- Will > On Mar 30, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Joe Groff via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Many people are surprised when they find out defaulted parameters can be > reordered, unlike required arguments. This special case adds complexity to > the language, and runs against our general trend of treating argument labels > as a significant part of an API's name, and preferring a single way of > writing API calls. I think it's worth revisiting this design choice—is the > special case worth the complexity? How many people take advantage of default > argument reordering? > > -Joe > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution