Comments on: Order of function parameters http://www.databasesandlife.com/order-of-function-parameters/ Adrian Smith's blog Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:18:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: RJ http://www.databasesandlife.com/order-of-function-parameters/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 RJ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:22:44 +0000 http://www.databasesandlife.com/?p=339#comment-5766 <i>Perhaps a bit of a ridiculous question, given that it clearly doesn’t matter.</i> Not EXACTLY true, but: <b>place the most constant parameters as left-most as possible</b> is absolutely right. Most (if not all) languages that support default parameters require the default parameters to be 'on the right' which are usually the optional or unimportant parameters. OpenFile(string location, FileMode mode = FileMode.Read) DrawImage(Buffer b, Image i, int x = 0, int y = 0) In this case, the order DOES matter, however it still remains that the most constant (or important) parameters are required to be on the left; it *IS* a good practice to follow. Perhaps a bit of a ridiculous question, given that it clearly doesn’t matter.
Not EXACTLY true, but:
place the most constant parameters as left-most as possible
is absolutely right.
Most (if not all) languages that support default parameters require the default parameters to be ‘on the right’ which are usually the optional or unimportant parameters.
OpenFile(string location, FileMode mode = FileMode.Read)
DrawImage(Buffer b, Image i, int x = 0, int y = 0)

In this case, the order DOES matter, however it still remains that the most constant (or important) parameters are required to be on the left; it *IS* a good practice to follow.

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