Re: Workaround to support default parameter values

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2025, Marcos Cruz wrote:

> Since Pike does not support default parameter values, I use this
> workaround:
>
> ```pike
> int typed_number(string|void prompt) {
>    if (!stringp(prompt)) {
>        prompt = "";
>    }
>    // (…)
> }
> ```
>
> Is there a better approach?

In Pike 9.0 (currently in beta) the following syntax is supported:

```pike
int typed_number(string prompt = "") {
    // (…)
}
```

It will compile to code similar to

```pike
int typed_number(string|void prompt) {
    prompt = prompt || "";
    // (…)
}
```

Except that the variable `prompt` will have the type
`string` and not `string|void`.

Did this help?

 	/grubba

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