On Thursday, 17 September 2020 at 12:58:06 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
DIP 1030, "Named Arguments", has been accepted.
During the assessment, Walter and Atila had a discussion
regarding this particular criticism:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/[email protected]
"Named arguments breaks this very important pattern:
auto wrapper(alias origFun)(Parameters!origFun args)
{
// special sauce
return origFun(args);
}"
They say that, though it's true that `Parameters!func` will not
work in a wrapper, it "doesn't really work now"---default
arguments and storage classes must be accounted for. This can
be done with string mixins, or using a technique referred to by
Jean-Louis Leroy as "refraction", both of which are clumsy.
Actually, Parameters!origFun will carry storage classes, UDAs,
etc for all the parameters. And Parameters!origFun[0..1] (note
the two dots) will carry everything about the first parameter.
The trouble begins when, for some reason, you need to manipulate
the parameter at a finer level. For example, in openmethods, I
need to change the type while preserving everything else.
