Re: New Group proposed: subs (was Re: named parameters)

[Spider Boardman]

Before anyone writes an RFC on names sub parameters, they should look
at the archives of perl5-porters where it has been discussed a fair amount.

A sample of what appeared to be rough-consensus syntax then:

        sub myfoo(Dog $spot : alias, String $str : readonly, $bar);

Note the (more-or-less existing in v5.6.0) optional type declarations and
attribute lists.  In particular, note ":alias" to keep the current p5 $_[0]
aliasing in effect for the one parameter.

That sample pulls together enough of what was discussed that it probably
actually goes a bit beyond what had been rough consensus after all, but
it should serve to help keep from re-hashing *all* of the same old ground
over again.

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