It looks like the last time this was discussed was October of 2003, over
the course of about five emails. I don't see anything in the archives
about it since then. Here's what I'd like to suggest.
some_function($a, 'B', :check TRUE)
function some_function($first, $second, :check $key1 = FALSE, :foo $key2)
{
if ($key1) {
lala;
} elseif ($key2 > 0) {
blabla;
}
}
Sticking a : in front of the variable name, either in the calling code or
the function declaration, makes it a keyword argument. Keyword arguments
are always optional, and [could|should] default to something handy like
FALSE or 0. (Maybe make their defaults settable in php.ini?)
I would implement this myself, but even after reading George
Schlossnagle's fantastic book, I'm still not wizardly enough to do so. If
someone could point me in the right direction, though...
Thanks for listening,
Daniel
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