Re: Named arguments in C

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From	Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Named arguments in C
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bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> It really needs language support. That has been done in C for
> designated initialisers; named args are a similar feature, easier to
> implement (they can only be one level deep for example) and IMO far
> more useful.
>
> Although there are a few extra problems with C because the extra info
> needed (parameter names and default values) can appear in both the
> definition, and any number of prototype declarations, which cannot in
> conflict.

As I recall, we had this discussion here a while ago.  The fact that C
allows parameter names for a function definition to differ from those in
corresponding declarations is a bit inconvenient.  But what I recall
suggesting at the time is that the parameter names in a call need to be
consistent with the names in the visible declaration.

    void foo(int x, int y) {
        // ...
    }

    void foo(int xx, int yy);

    foo(xx: 10, yy: 20);

See Message-ID <87pm36byty.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>, posted last
August.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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