John Siracusa on Nostr: Why in the world does this interface look like this: .padding(.top, 1) ...

Why in the world does this interface look like this:

.padding(.top, 1)
.padding(.leading, 2)
.padding(.bottom, 3)
.padding(.trailing, 4)

…or this:

.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 1, leading: 2, bottom: 3, trailing: 4))

…instead of the much more idiomatic:

.padding(top: 1, leading: 2, bottom: 3, trailing: 4)

Like, who in the world thought of this foo(.key, value) API interface in a language with named parameters?!

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