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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:53:28 -0500
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Allow combining arg unpacking and named args
From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021, at 8:14 AM, Nikita Popov wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 4:18 PM Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi internals,
> >
> > Currently, argument unpacking (...$foo) cannot be combined with named
> > arguments (foo: $bar) at all. Both func(...$args, x: $y) and func(x: $y,
> > ...$args) are rejected by the compiler.
> >
> > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/7009 relaxes this by allowing
> > func(...$args, x: $y). The named arguments are required to come last,
> > because this automatically enforces the invariant that named arguments must
> > be sorted after positional argument.
> >
> > Are there any concerns with relaxing this restriction?
> >
> 
> Any further feedback on this?
> 
> Nikita

I guess no one has concerns.  I'm fine with it.

--Larry Garfield