> Instead of named arguments, use the functional optional pattern.

Options pattern is an alternative, I use it frequently, but still miss named arguments and default arguments if I'm going back and forth with Python.

- The options pattern is much more verbose to implement.

- The defaults aren't as easily clear, they need to be documented and kept consistent.

- You can't, or it's not as easy to, make some arguments required.

- And, as a caller, if the API I'm using doesn't support them, I sometimes have to rely on comments to clarify what each arg is. For example, if a function takes a bools like `func MyFunc(dryrun, inverse bool, items ...string) error { ... }`