[fpc-pascal] named parameter

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 27 May 2017, Mr Bee via fpc-pascal wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As Pascal mostly well known as a safe, easy to read, and elegant language,
> don't you think Pascal needs named parameter? I mean for ALL kind of
> parameters, not just for Variants. When you have a function with many
> parameters having default values, you know that named parameter is
> desirable. For example:
>
> function f(p1: string = ''; p2: integer = 0; p3: boolean = false);
>
> But you only need to supply the third parameter, you still must supply the
> first and second ones with appropriate default values, like this:
>
> f('', 0, true);
>
> while with named parameter, you can do this:
>
> f(p3 := true);
>
> I believe it would raise Pascal's code readability. I know it has been
> discussed before. I know somehow the parser had been able to read such
> syntax. So, why don't we have the option to enable it for people who want
> it? Kinda a syntax switch mode.
>
> What do you think? :)


Opinions on what constitutes readable code clearly differ :)

But as far as I know, the parser is not able to read this syntax ?

Michael.