Kevin Wampler wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Why does order matter in argument lists, if the arguments all need 
>> distinct names anyway? :-)
> 
> So you can call the function without explicitly naming the parameters, 
> thus reducing the amount of typing required.

It was a rhetorical question to show that the argument "dictionaries are 
sets and hence have no order" is an invalid comparison.

> Personally, I like the style where arguments can be passed in order (in 
> which case the names don't matter) or by name (in which case the order 
> doesn't matter).  Python sort does this, with a few restrictions, and 
> it's seemed pretty intuitive and useful to me.

Agreed.

> Thinking back, didn't objective-C use named parameters only for calling 
> object methods?  Did the order matter there?  I can't really remember.

Yes. Because they took it from Smalltalk.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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