default values for mixins parameters [duplicate]

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I am using a mixin for font like this:

#font {
  .trebuchet(@weight: normal, @size: 12px, @lineHeight: 20px, @style:normal) {
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", arial, verdana, sans-serif;
    font-size: @size;
    font-weight: @weight;
    line-height: @lineHeight;
    font-style: @style;
  }  
}

I want to call this changing only the last parameter, style, but leave the other values to their defaults. For example, instead of writing:

#font > .trebuchet(normal, 12px, 20px, italic);

I would write something like:

#font > .trebuchet(false, false, false, italic);

(which actually works, but I suspect for the wrong reasons -or anyway it doesn't seem proper syntax) What's the best way to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can use pattern matching. You should clone your .trebuchet class like this:

.trebuchet when (@weight=false) and (not(ispixel(@size)) and (not(ispixel(@lineHeight)) {
    font-style: @style;
}