10.23. Positional Arguments

Patterns support positional arguments on type declarations and are defined by the @position attribute.

Positional arguments are when you don't need to specify the field name, as the position maps to a known named field. (That is, Person( name == "mark" ) can be rewritten as Person( "mark"; ).) The semicolon ';' is important so that the engine knows that everything before it is a positional argument. You can mix positional and named arguments on a pattern by using the semicolon ';' to separate them. Any variables used in a positional that have not yet been bound will be bound to the field that maps to that position.