Re: next stages for real prototypes

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From @Abigail

Could we find a different term for 'named parameters'? It already has
a meaning (mostly outside of Perl), and its use in discussing prototypes
is confusing.

Python, for instance, has named parameters, where you can define a function​:

  def func (spam, eggs = 6)​:
  something

And then call it like​:

  func (eggs = 17, spam = 12)

One can easily simulate this in Perl, using hashes, and doing something
like '%arg = @​_' as the first statement in the sub. (Tk simulated named
parameters.) Of course, you would lose all the benefits prototypes can
give you.

Abigail