Function with parameter defaulting to an object

[expert_vision]

Why can't I do this?

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testFunc(parameter := new Object())
{
	return 123
}

It says : "Unsupported parameter default."
Why not?

[trismarck]

Related quote from the documentation:

A parameter's default value must be one of the following: true, false, a literal integer, a literal floating point number, or a quoted/literal string such as "fox" or "" (but strings in versions prior to 1.0.46.13+ support only "").

[Coco]

You can specify a really unique(e.g.: unique set of characters) default value and if parameter remains as such then assign it an object or you can use variadic parameter:

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testFunc(parameters*)
{
    parameter := parameters.MaxIndex() ? parameters[1] : parameters
    MsgBox % IsObject(parameter)
}

testFunc()
return