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Support named task arguments #81

@jochenseeber

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@jochenseeber

When creating tasks that take multiple optional arguments, specifying parameters becomes tedious.

When calling the following task

task :test, [:database, :table, :column, :host, :port, :user, :password] do
    # Something
end

and specifying only parameter user, I have to count its position and call rake as follows:

rake 'test[,,,,,testuser,]'

I suggest supporting a syntax using named parameters that makes calling these tasks easier and more readable, e.g.

rake 'test{user:testuser}'

I'd like to put this up for discussion, if it is acceptable, I'm willing to create a pull request.

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