[self-interest] arguments and assignment

[Dru Nelson]

Yes, Perl and Python do this as well.

> That sounds like a good idea to me. One of the common problems with 
> keyword argument lists is handling variable number of arguments. Your 
> scheme takes care of that. Lua uses a similar mechanism but does so but 
> default on all functions. If you pass in more arguments than the 
> function has declared argument variables for, it put the extras into a 
> "args" array. This makes implementing message forwarding a lot simpler. 
> It's also helpful to have a way to call a method with a list of 
> arguments.
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> Steve
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