From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-11-07T00:33:45+09:00
Subject: Re: named parameters idiom

On 11/6/07, David A. Black <dblack@rubypal.com> wrote:

> The "why" part of it is that it gives the caller a way to (a) document
> what the arguments are for a little bit, and (b) not worry about the
> order of arguments, since hash keys can appear in any order.

And (c) it allows for an arbitrary number of truly optional arguments
which are order independent.  Which is really just amplifying on (b).
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Rick DeNatale

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