Re: Calling PL functions with named parameters

Gaetano Mendola wrote:

>  >>>> Oliver Jowett wrote:
>  >>>>
>  >>>>> David Fetter wrote:
>  >>>>>
>  >>>>>> Dennis has pointed out that mixing the call-with-named-parameter
>  >>>>>> interface with call-by-order-of-parameters one would cause 
> confusion,
>  >>>>>
>  >>>>> Python's equivalent syntax allows you to mix the two forms so long
>  >>>>> as all the by-position parameters come first:

> I'm worried about:
> 
> (1) foo( integer, float);
> (2) foo( integer, integer, float a = 3 );
> 
> which one is called with:   foo( 2, 2 )?

This is a separate issue to the one I was discussing above. I am not 
talking about default arguments at all here; I am talking about mixing 
positional parameter syntax with named parameter syntax.

-O