On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 18:14, Wade Bowmer wrote:

> It would function very similar to...
> 
> some_fctn( (some_expression) | default )
> 
> ... which clearly has no need of special notation. In other words, instead 
> of the procedure itself setting null values to defaults, the actual call 
> does it before making the call. Odd, I know, but potentially useful in 
> API-building situations where helper functions are called.

I like that idiom.
-- 
Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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