This is what keyword arguments are for. http://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/functions/#keyword-arguments
--Tim On Thursday, January 07, 2016 11:02:03 AM Josh Day wrote: > Suppose I have a function that takes several arguments of different types > and each has a default value. What is the best way to specify all possible > methods where a user can specify an argument without entering the defaults > that come before it? I don't want to force a user to remember the exact > order of arguments. The example below may explain this better. > > type A > a::Int > end > type B > b::Int > end > type C > c::Int > end > f(a::A = A(1), b::B = B(1), c::C = C(1)) = ... > > I would like the user to be able to call f(C(3), B(2))instead of f(A(1), > B(2), C(3)). I could just implement the factorial(3)methods myself, but if > I want to do this for 5 types, it means I'm writing 120 methods. > > Is this just a terrible idea and I should use keyword arguments?
