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iOS Swift Functions and Optionals Parameters and Tuples Named Parameters

Posted by DAvid Schuster
DAvid Schuster
875 Points

paramerter label vs. parameter name?

For what circumstances might it be useful that parameter label and parameter name differ?

Louis Stevens
Louis Stevens
Courses Plus Student 749 Points

I would guess that a parameter name might be longer to make it descriptive, because it is only used when the function is called, while the label is used several times inside a function which can be pre-made, so it can have a short less descriptive label.