From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-07 15:50:20
> I'm a big fan of having named (or keyword) parameters in the language.<
Me too. Unfortunately it's late to introduce named parameters in C++ now,
because it's very liberal with the names you give to formal parameters in
declarations...
The only reasonable way now is to come with a keyword to substitute for
non-trailing default parameters. The obvious candidate is "default"; I would
prefer a symbol (such as "?", "!") because "default" is quite a long word.
Ah, I know! I got it! Let's use "static"!!!
:oD
Andrei
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