Optional parameters in procedure calls and definitions

[Eriond]

To add further flexibility, it would be useful to have certain/all parameters as optional, similar to the way other Basic dialects do it.
In M$ VB.Net, you add the keyword "optional" in front of the parameter and a default assignment after, so that the parameter gets initialized even if the calling code choose not to use it.

Effectively this translates to the more modern programming style of "overloads", meaning you have multiple definitions for the same procedure call. The compiler then picks the appropriate definition based on how the call was made.

Personally I prefer "optional", but that probably has more to do with my age than what is more effective...


Regards,
Eriond

[filip]

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestion, could you give us a small piece of code that demonstrates this feature, in the way you see it ?

Regards,
Filip.