Method A (naked parameters) always has the advantages that it requires the method author to type less, since they don’t have to implement a Parameter Object, it requires the method caller to type less, since they don’t have to instantiate a Parameter Object it performs better, since no Parameter Object has to be constructed and … Read more
Click on the method name, then press Ctrl+Alt+H to bring up the Call Hierarchy view.
It’s a new feature. See here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd264739.aspx Named parameters are standard in ObjectiveC for instance. It takes some time to get used to them but they are a good thing. Only from looking you can tell what a parameter is meant for.
Same principle as Loki’s answer but shorter. Just keep in mind that shorter doesn’t automatically mean better. dinner = Optional.ofNullable(cage.getChicken()) .orElse(getFreerangeChicken()); Note: This usage of Optional is explicitly discouraged by the architects of the JDK and the designers of the Optional feature. You are allocating a fresh object and immediately throwing it away every time. … Read more
The simplest way is: echo debug_backtrace()[1][‘function’]; As noted in the comments below, this can be further optimized by passing arguments to: omit both the object and args indices limit the number of stack frames returned echo debug_backtrace(!DEBUG_BACKTRACE_PROVIDE_OBJECT|DEBUG_BACKTRACE_IGNORE_ARGS,2)[1][‘function’];