Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #457 - Named Parameters Implementation

On 2017-01-18, at 17:07, Mathieu Lafon <mla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Peter da Silva> <pete...@flightaware.com> wrote:>> The intent here is that this be something that is convenient and natural so it actually gets used. Adding an additional wrapper command for the caller is undesirable because we feel it discourages So. Regarding the conflict with existing procs, I did acknowledge and sort of address that by noting that this would only be used where a proc with the extended name did not already exist, and also proposed an alternate {-} sentinel that could not conflict.> I'm fine with the {-} sentinel and will start modifying my> implementation in that way but I will appreciate to have feedback from> Tcl Core Team members as it is a major change in Tcl syntax. Just to> be sure this has some chance to being accepted.

I'm pretty sure Karl will prefer a shorter sentinel but we can take that up with the TCT.
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