Re: [Gretl-devel] functions optional arguments - numerical (NA equiv. to null), python like syntax (wish)

Am 09.01.2018 um 22:13 schrieb Allin Cottrell: > On Mon, 8 Jan 2018, Sven Schreiber wrote: > >> Am 08.01.2018 um 10:21 schrieb Schaff, Frederik: >>> And then one other thing. In Python one can conveniently pass optional >>> arguments via “argument_label=argument_value”, without having to care >>> about the sorting/completeness of the argument list. >> [I]t would be nice to have, but I'm afraid that it would represent a major >> internal reorganization effort. > Yes, it would be quite a major change. > > But one (somewhat relevant) point is that it's now OK (in recent git) to > skip one or more optional arguments altogether, provided one inserts commas > to preserve the argument count where necessary. That's also nice!