Named parameters

From: Adam Ruth (owski_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: 29 Oct 2003 19:35:21 -0800

Hello,

Has there ever been any talk to adding named parameters to C? I enjoy
using them in my Python and Ada code and can see their usefulness in
C. I can envision an implementation where the naming would be based
upon a prototype and the parameter ordering could be worked out before
the linking phase (thus, no need to deal with changing a linker).

Just curious. I've done some googling and can't find any references,
but it is a bit of an obscure topic.

Thanks for the info,

Adam Ruth

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