[coldspring-dev] Why is name attribute required in constructor-arg?

[Jon Gunnip]

Hey,
I was wondering why name is a required attribute in the constructor-arg tag. 
 I prefer using <constructor-arg/> over <property/> (especially when the 
components already exist) but I'm uncomfortable binding the ColdSpring XML 
to the names of Init()'s arguments since I always call functions as an 
ordered list and usually consider the argument names to be hidden from the 
user.

Why not just call the Init() with the arguments in the order as they are 
defined in the XML file?  This is supported in Spring and according to the 
Spring docs it is the preferred method of using constructor-arg.  (they 
actually recommend specifying the optional index attribute on 
constructor-arg - e.g. index="0").  See 
http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/1.1.5/reference/beans.html#d0e745

Would this just be too messy to implement in CF?  I imagine it could be done 
with Evaluate() or with a switch statement for every possible length of 
arguments (e.g. 1-argument Init(), 2-argument Init(), etc.).

Thanks!
Jon