Re: Named parameters [was: Re: Reader mail bag]

All of this, and: what happens when a client compiles against a given named method signature, and then, through separate compilation, the method signature changes, say, to add a new parameter?  Dealing with this in some form seems essential, as, the most common cases where you want to invoke

Re: Reader mail bag

My note on named parameters: Supporting real named parameters that works with overriding and backward compatibility is hard, but i believe there is a sweet spot. - a method can declare to support named parameters by using a new modifier 'named'. so - all parameters are named or none are, you

Re: Reader mail bag

> On Nov 30, 2017, at 1:29 PM, Brian Goetz wrote: > . . . > So, while named parameters are a reasonable feature to explore, trying to > staple them onto data classes would be a mistake. They are their own > feature. We're open to exploring it, but we've got our plate