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From: wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski)
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Subject: Re: In-Out Parameters for functions
Date: 26 Feb 2004 04:42:49 -0800
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Hello,

> I would go with the order of the actual parameters,
> not the order of the formal parameters. One goal of
> specifying evaluation order is to have unsurprising
> behavior, so saying
>      Battery(Catcher => GetName, Pitcher => GetName);
> should assign the first name read to Catcher and the
> second to Pitcher, regardless of the order of the formal
> parameters of Battery.

How about:

Battery(Catcher => GetName then Pitcher => GetName, Doorman => GetName
);

This way the change would not affect current code, and you could
specify partial order.

Regards,
Wojtek