Re: [Mono-list] Default Arguments

[Michael Malinak]

The standard C# solution for this is multiple functions. Another, somewhat frowned upon, way is to pass a function an ArrayList that contains the parameters.  This is quite a bit more unreadable, and actually makes for more writing/checking of code.   Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris J. Breisch To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: [Mono-list] Default Arguments Is VB.NET the only .NET language that can handle default (C++) or optional (VB) arguments?  It doesn�t appear that C# can, unless I�m missing something, and although MS C++ does support default arguments, it does not support them for member functions of a managed type.   So�if I want to create a .NET class that has a member function with default arguments,  how do I do so?   I ask, because I�m trying to implement parts of Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll, and I�m working on the Collection class.  It�s Add member is defined as follows (VB.NET Syntax):   Public Sub Add( _    ByVal Item As Object, _    Optional ByVal Key As String, _    Optional ByVal { Before | After } As Object = Nothing _ )     I could implement it in either C# or C++ with overloaded methods, which would accomplish the same thing, but wouldn�t BE the same thing.  I could implement this in VB.NET if necessary, but I�d like to avoid that.   Any thoughts?                                       -chris   Chris J. Breisch, MCSD, MCDBA