Re: Supplying nothing at all for default parameters

On 06.04.2010, at 12:16, Richard Quadling wrote: > Hello. > > A suggestion I would like to make is to allow for nothing to be > supplied for defaulted parameters. > > I suppose the easiest way of describing this issue is with the > following code ... > > <?php > function foo($bar, $baz = 9, $buzz = 10) { > return "$bar $baz $buzz"; > } > > // Whatever is supplied for $baz will be used for $baz. > // User has to know the default value of $baz rather than just > allowing the default value. > echo foo(1, 9, 20); > > I don't know the stylics on using default parameters, but for the user > to have to know the default value would sort of make the default > redundant. > > > // Passing nothing at all could be one option. > echo foo(1, , 20); i dont think is really a nice syntax to support. either we add named parameters are you just use the current work around for the absence of named parameters (aka an array parameter and array_merge/array_replace_recursive) regards, Lukas Kahwe Smith mls@pooteeweet.org