Aug. 5, 2004
1:16 a.m.
This proposal has come up several times before (for the record, I like it).
The fact that it keeps coming up suggests that it's a natural thing for people to want to do once they've seen the use of * in argument lists. I can't remember seeing any particular objection -- just a matter of inertia, I think (i.e. nice to have but not compelling enough to spur the BDFL to accept it). Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+