optional arguments for bootstrap methods

[Helmut Eller]

* John Rose [2010-10-22 08:43] writes:

>   MethodHandle myBSM(MethodHandles.Lookup look, String name, MethodType type);
>   MethodHandle myBSM(MethodHandles.Lookup look, String name, MethodType type, Object arg);
>   MethodHandle myBSM(MethodHandles.Lookup look, String name, MethodType type, Object... args);
>
> It is natural to ask why we are using varargs, when we could just
> specify that the extra static arguments could be passed positionally.
> The simple answer is positional arguments are of limited use, but a
> varargs array can be used to encode very rich and useful BSM
> arguments.

Why is the name a required and not an optional argument?

Helmut