From 90ac77e4085444a456e2ce1f03b4d2546c43ca3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manu Evans <turkeyman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 20:15:03 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Complement to the unused_params PR.

---
 spec/function.dd | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec/function.dd b/spec/function.dd
index f4d44bdd53..0388eaffb0 100644
--- a/spec/function.dd
+++ b/spec/function.dd
@@ -1844,6 +1844,40 @@ pure void f()
         $(DDSUBLINK spec/declaration, alias-function, with default values).)
 
 
+$(H3 $(LNAME2 unused-params, Unused Function Parameters))
+
+        $(P With the $(D -preview=warnunusedparams) compiler flag, the compiler
+        warns about named function parameters that are never used within the
+        function body. This is often an indication of a bug or dead code.)
+
+---
+void foo(int x, int y) // Warning: function parameter `y` is never used
+{
+    return x * 2;
+}
+---
+
+        $(P To intentionally leave a parameter unused $(LPAREN)ie; to match an
+        interface or callback signature$(RPAREN), omit the parameter name:)
+
+---
+void callback(int x, int) // no warning for unnamed parameter
+{
+    use(x);
+}
+---
+
+        $(P Alternatively, $(D cast$(LPAREN)void$(RPAREN)) can be used to explicitly mark
+        a named parameter as intentionally unused, particularly around conditional compilation:)
+
+---
+void bar(int x, int y)
+{
+    cast(void)y; // suppress unused parameter warning
+    use(x);
+}
+---
+
 $(H3 $(LNAME2 return-ref-parameters, Return Ref Parameters))
 
         $(P Return ref parameters are used with