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key argument versus keyword argument



Moon asked:
    >Do you think it would be worth trying a version of the writeup
    >that uses CLtL's terminology, with a simple admonition that a     
    >"keyword name" is not necessarily a keyword symbol?

Kempf answered:
    Yes, this would be a good idea. I think a case can be made for
    a semantic distinction between keyword symbols and keyword
    arguments. The term keyword argument is used in Smalltalk as well,
    where the concept of keyword symbols does not occur.

I agree with the principal -- but what about calling these "key
arguments" or "&key arguments" and a "key name" is a name that
identifies a key argument.

  danny