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Originally Posted by un_pogaz
But I'm really curious to understand why it should be avoided to create a 0 arg function by default, what would be the risks and problems?
It seems to me absurdly arbitrary  , hence my theory 0 'Stored template' / +1 'function', I'm trying to find a way to make sense of it. |
First, remember that template functions have been around for some 10 years. They were 'invented' when Single Function Mode was the normal way to write a template. When an SFM template calls a template function it *always* passes at least one argument, the value of the cell. The restriction was put in to give a big hint to the function developer that usage in SFM must be considered.
Skip forward some 5 years when General Program Mode has been enhanced enough where it was much more widely used. At this point zero-argument functions were quite acceptable. I never got around to removing the restriction because all the developer had to do was set arg_count to -1.
I haven't decided whether to remove it or make it a warning. I am leaning toward a warning with a "Don't show again" checkbox. Assuming I get around to doing it.