Re: Function naming: Problems and proposed solution from Dave Pawson on 2020-11-29 (public-xslt-40@w3.org from November 2020)

From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 08:33:51 +0000
To: Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>, "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam@fromoldbooks.org>, public-xslt-40@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAEncD4dH9eueki+s=6dm11pb0==WzdpG8d1VrwXFg5QKu7OBjA@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 29 Nov 2020 at 00:05, Dimitre Novatchev <dnovatchev@gmail.com> wrote:

> This could work, but we can soon end up with:
>
> my:myFn(arg1,,,,,,,,,,arg10)
>
> or even worse:
>
> my:myFn(arg1,,,,, arg5 ,,,,,arg10)

Python gets round this by only allowing defaulted arguments as the
last n arguments, giving
my:myFn(arg1,arg2 ,arg3)

Or specifically naming params

my:myFn(arg1,,,,, p5=arg5 ,,,,,p10=arg10)

regards


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Received on Sunday, 29 November 2020 08:34:15 UTC