On Mon, 20 Jul 2020 at 18:03, codusnocturnus via Std-Proposals <
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> This would be great - just remove the braces, and the .’s, and the struct.
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At this point it becomes an argument over syntax, rather than functional
outcomes.

I think what the designated initialiser demo shows is that the language is
capable of accommodating this idea.

I suspect the bigger argument will be over whether it should, given the
additional overhead of passing carrying unnecessary optionals into a
function whether it needs them or not.

I think it's common to think, "language X has a nice way of expressing Y -
why don't we do that too?"

I can be guilty of that just like anyone else.

But in the end, if a language gives you a way to *express intent*, one
might wonder whether it's worth expending effort in making syntax nicer for
niche use cases in favour of providing more utility or fixing design bugs.




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> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 2:10 AM, Richard Hodges via Std-Proposals <
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>> Its possible something like this already exists in the latest versions of
>> C++ but if so I am not aware of it
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> As of C++20, one could use designated initialisers to achieve this.
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> Whether it's a good idea in C++ is another matter.
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