2017-05-27 9:54 GMT+02:00 Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org>:
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> On Sat, 27 May 2017, Mr Bee via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> As Pascal mostly well known as a safe, easy to read, and elegant language,
>> don't you think Pascal needs named parameter? I mean for ALL kind of
>> parameters, not just for Variants. When you have a function with many
>> parameters having default values, you know that named parameter is
>> desirable. For example:
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>> function f(p1: string = ''; p2: integer = 0; p3: boolean = false);
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>> But you only need to supply the third parameter, you still must supply the
>> first and second ones with appropriate default values, like this:
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>> f('', 0, true);
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>> while with named parameter, you can do this:
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>> f(p3 := true);
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>> I believe it would raise Pascal's code readability. I know it has been
>> discussed before. I know somehow the parser had been able to read such
>> syntax. So, why don't we have the option to enable it for people who want
>> it? Kinda a syntax switch mode.
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>> What do you think? :)
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> Opinions on what constitutes readable code clearly differ :)
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> But as far as I know, the parser is not able to read this syntax ?The parser supports it for dispatch calls on variants (both methods and properties). You even wrote that in your own article about Word automation: https://www.freepascal.org/~michael/articles/word/word.pdf ;) Regards, Sven _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
