On Saturday, 30 September 2017 at 16:22:37 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
Effectively, all DIPs from that wiki that have not already been
accepted are dead, regardless of whether they stand any chance
of acceptance. For any DIP to be accepted, it will have to go
through the new DIP process, which essentially means creating a
new DIP.
As for named parameters specifically, I'd be very surprised to
see them added to the language. From what I recall, Walter
wasn't particularly fond of the idea, and since it _is_
possible to implement them with a library solution, it's
exactly the sort of thing that Andrei is likely to veto. At
this point, in general, if something can be done in the
language as it stands, it's not likely for it to be accepted as
a DIP. Now, that's dealt with on a case by case basis, so I
can't say for certain that a DIP for named parameters would be
rejected, but I would expect it to be.
- Jonathan M Davis
What about DIP45, or making export an attribute? That would help
the language to go mainstream.
