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Kirk 103898215-May-21 3:15
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BernardIE53174-May-21 20:54
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11917640 Member 4-May-21 22:08
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BernardIE53174-May-21 22:46
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W Balboos, GHB5-May-21 1:20
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This question is (despite the little C++ above the code snippet) meant to be considered beyond C++.

One reason for you to consider is those languages that accept a variable argument list and accept an empty argument position (php comes to mind).

So
function sample($x=7) can be invoked:
sample($inVal) or sample() with the latter assigning 7 to the internal value. NULL, however, is more common (for me at least). There's some personal conventions that are standardized that way. For example, in the cases where more than on arg has a default I can fill it's place with NULL (it cannot be empty) and assign a further argument. Often used for strings, actually, where I wish to control minor things such as delimiters, test char sets, and such.

Think of it as a sometimes variable but usually always the same value is desired.

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