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    I'm not sure I like this method, mainly because you lose the self documenting value of individual parameters. For lists of like items this makes perfect sense (for instance a method that takes a list of strings and concatenates them) but for an arbitrary parameter set this is worse than the long method call. Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 18:37
  • @MichaelK Take another look at object initializers. They allow you to explicitly define properties as opposed to how they're implicitly defined in traditional method/function parameters. Read this, msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397680.aspx, to see what I mean. Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 18:55
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    Creating a new type just to handle the parameter list sounds exactly like the definition of unnecessary complexity... Sure, dynamic languages let you avoid that but then you get a single ball of goo parameter. Regardless, this doesn't answer the question asked. Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 19:11
  • @Telastyn What are you talking about? No new type was created, you declare properties directly using object literal syntax. It's like defining an anonymous object but the method interprets it as a key=value parameter grouping. What you're looking at is a method instantiation (not a parameter encapsulating object). If your beef is with parameter packaging, take a look at the Parameter Object pattern mentioned in one of the other questions because that's exactly what it is. Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 19:18
  • @EvanPlaice - Except that static programming languages by-and-large require a (often new) declared type in order to allow the Parameter Object pattern. Commented Apr 18, 2012 at 19:30