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Re: [jdt-dev] Re: idea for refactoring
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>Gregg G. Wonderly wrote:
>>>Nope :)
>>>varargs are also useful.
>>>But sometimes like Dan said you have something like this:
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>> For trailing optional arguments, varargs will provide a mechanism. However,
>> the general case won't work with varargs. I, personally, think this adds
>> confusion to the reader of the code. APIs like JOptionPane have continuousl
y
>> been frustrating because there are too many overrides, some with more than 3
>> arguments which is the jumpoff point for my eye and brain coordination.
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>Well, python offers a clean solution:
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> def func (a, b, c=1, d=[], *args, **kw):
> ...
But, in this case, the following starts to get a bit ugly.
func( 1, 2, d=3, d, d=3 )
is the first 'd=3' an assignment to 'd', or adding '3' to the list of
parameter element 'd'? This is where you have to be a little more careful of
how convenient you think you are making your argument list...
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