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Subject: Re: Named arguments in C
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On 04/07/2024 12:12, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 02.07.2024 um 18:53 schrieb Ivan Farlenkov:
>>> I am a fan of being able to name parameters in languages that allow 
>>> it. I am quite confident that this will never come to C.  It /might/ 
>>> make it into C++, but as people have been writing proposals to do so 
>>> for 20 years at least, I am not holding my breath.
>> You can sort of already do it in C by using designated initializers 
>> and macros
>> #define foo(A, B, C, ...) do{\
>>      stuct technical technical={\
>>          var1=default1,\
>>          var2=default2,\
>>          var3=default3 __VA_OPT__(,)\
>>          __VA_ARGS__\
>>      }\
>>      actual_foo(A, B, C, technical.var1, technical.var2, technical.var3)\
>> }while(0)
> 
> What an anquated language that this needs macros.

How do you do it in C++?