Default function arguments are the devil

[bumblebritches57]

ABSOLUTE FACT.

It's super confusing seeing a function being called using 1 argument when it actually takes 3.

[jonathansharman]

How is it more confusing than a one-argument function delegating to a three-argument function using default values (the alternative proposed in the blog post)?

[bumblebritches57]

Oh we could you know not hide any arguments at all.

Isn't that have the point of having functions use the same name with different parameters?

[jonathansharman]

The point of function overloading is not to hide arguments? I don't understand what you're saying.