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From: fox@cs.cs.columbia.edu (David Fox)
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Subject: Re: Default argument values
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Date: 23 Jul 89 20:52:25 GMT
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In-reply-to: beshers@cs.cs.columbia.edu's message of 23 Jul 89 19:21:10 GMT

Well, you'd need some new syntax, like

	foo(parm1 <- val1, parm3 <- val2, parm2 <- val3)
or
	foo(parm1 := val1, parm3 := val2, parm2 := val3)
or
	foo(parm1 ---> val1, parm3 ---> val2, parm2 ---> val3).

I know, some of these can be interpreted differently.
Maybe we could use some character with its eighth bit
set that shows up as a little left arrow on an IBM PC.  (1/4 a smile)
We clearly need some more symbols on our keyboards.

David Fox
fox@cs.columbia.edu