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Subject: Re: [OT] interesting reason why a language is considered good
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Date: 2012-04-17T16:48:23+01:00
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"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> writes:

> Unfortunately, this solution makes insanely wordy calls:
>
>     Leave (Scheduled_Departure => Now);
>
> In many cases, the parameter names overwhelm the actual values. The
> "solution" usually used is to omit them from the calls altogether,
> reducing readability and understandability.

Your "insanely wordy" is my "perfectly natural"!

   procedure Serve (Using_Port : GNAT.Sockets.Port_Type;
                    At_Priority : System.Priority := System.Default_Priority;
                    With_Stack : Positive := 20_000;
                    Logging_Via : Logger := null;
                    Tracing : Boolean := False);

called as

   Serve (Using_Port => 8080,
          With_Stack => 40_000,
          Tracing => Verbose);

Now that I look at them, both would probably be improved with a bit of
alignment:

   Serve (Using_Port => 8080,
          With_Stack => 40_000,
          Tracing    => Verbose);