[Xotcl] non-positional arguments and init proc

[Shishir Ramam]

I must be missing something here - but are non-positional arguments not
permitted on the init proc?
A transcript of my attempts below...

thanks in advance for any help.
-shishir

% Class foo -parameter {{-a "apple"}}
::foo
% foo instproc init {{-a "apple"} args} {}
% foo f
::f
% foo f -a "banana"
::f: unable to dispatch method 'a' during '::f a'
% foo f a "banana"
::f
% foo instproc init {{-a "apple"} args} { puts "a=$a args=$args" }
% foo f a "banana"
a=apple args=a banana
::f
% foo f -a "banana"
::f: unable to dispatch method 'a' during '::f a'
% foo instproc init {{a "apple"} args} { puts "a=$a args=$args" }
% foo f a "banana"
a=a args=banana
::f
%

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