I think an IDE that would show the argument names and types when you mouse over a function would give a lot of the benefits of named arguments without putting t

I think an IDE that would show the argument names and types when you mouse over a function would give a lot of the benefits of named arguments without putting the responsibility on the language to support them. I think named arguments is an example of trying to solve issues at the language level, when the real problem is the information that is hidden from you while programming.