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I don't understand why pretty much no language does that these days. I think the argument is that your IDE should do this, and it does in some cases, but still.

• chmod775 6y ago
  You can get a much more powerful alternative for "free" if you support de-structuring assignments (in arguments). JavaScript Example: function test({a,b,c}) { console.log(c,b,a) }; test({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }); If you have this there's really no need for named arguments anymore. If you add features to your de-structuring, your "named arguments" will have them too (things missing for JS specifically: optional objects, TS support to specify types for the destructured objects inline instead of repeating the entire thing).
  • TekMol 6y ago
    It is not more powerful. You cannot do this for example: function hello($name='Joe',$title='dear') { echo "Hello $title $name"; } hello('Sue'); Try here: https://3v4l.org/6MZHh https://3v4l.org/6MZHh With your object properties approach, you always have to use the variable "names".
    • bmn__ 6y ago
      Mixing implicit positional and named parameters is a misfeature. The named parameters should have a distinct syntax like other systems do, e.g. :$ twigil.
• ptx 6y ago
  Python, Kotlin and C# all support named arguments, and they're pretty popular languages. And also... there's Visual Basic.
  • Okawari 6y ago
    I guess you can add dart and maybe ruby and elixir if you accept that they treated as a map/keyword list on the receiving end of the function. Edit: Ruby apparently made them first class citizens back in 2014. Ive been oblivious to this for years... wow.
• Can_Not 6y ago
  Crystal supports named arguments.