Suggestion - default values for functions

[PeeJay]

When passing values to functions, is it possible to have default values, Gernot?

To give a simple example, currently we have to use:

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DoText(50,50,"No Default Text Allowed","","","","","")
DoText(100,100,"This is ","some text ","to draw.","","","")
DoText(100,150,"This ","is some more.","","","","")
SHOWSCREEN
KEYWAIT

FUNCTION DoText: x,y,a$,b$,c$,d$,e$,f$
a$=a$+b$+c$+d$+e$+f$
PRINT a$,x,y
ENDFUNCTIONbut if you replaced that with a system that allowed default values, it becomes:

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DoText()
DoText(100,100,"This is ","some text ","to draw.")
DoText(100,150,"This ","is some more.")
SHOWSCREEN
KEYWAIT

FUNCTION DoText: x=50,y=50,a$="Default Text",b$="",c$="",d$="",e$="",f$=""
a$=a$+b$+c$+d$+e$+f$
PRINT a$,x,y
ENDFUNCTIONwhere b$,c$,d$,e$,f$ would automatically by null unless a string was passed to them.
a$ would be "Default Text" unless a string was passed to it.
x and y would be 50 unless values were passed to them.

[Kitty Hello]

I know. I have to do this. Sigh.