Re: Parameter skipping

The problem I see with this approach is that a keyword for skipping parameters would really just be a stopgap solution until something like Named Parameters can be added. Is it really appropriate to add a feature that only serves a temporary purpose? On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 5:15 PM Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > After starting to use > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/json_throw_on_error in PHP > 7.3 I've encountered the annoying issue of having to pass the $depth > parameter as 512 every time I want json_decode() to throw. > > After doing this a few times I remembered the parameter skipping RFC that > Stas proposed a few years ago: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/skipparams > > I've re-read the previous discussion and it seems to me there were two > common arguments against: > * Just design better APIs > * Named parameters would be better > > Nobody has been able to crack named parameters (and it doesn't seem likely > anytime soon), and as we've seen from the JSON example above it's not > always as simple as having better APIs, so I wanted to see whether people > would be willing to support the *default* keyword for optional parameters > now. > > Thanks, > Craig >