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> So you mean that in this case we might assume the conventional order x coordinate first and y coordinate second would be understood ... and again, you focus
by hota_mazi 9y ago
> So you mean that in this case we might assume the conventional order x coordinate first and y coordinate second would be understood
... and again, you focus on the specific example and completely miss my more general point.
I'll give this one more try: I prefer a language that gives me the option of specifying the parameters names over one that forces me to always specify them.
- igouy 9y ago> … you focus on the specific example… That's the only way we can see whether what you claim makes sense. > … which leads to sources that are much more verbose than they need to be. We can see that for the example you provided, the Smalltalk style need not be "much more verbose" than the alternative you provided. Using positional arguments will be a little more concise than using keyword arguments, but only a little.