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> 2. What's with /* */ ? Doesn't js allow keyword arguments?

No.

I couldn't remember if that was one of the things they fixed with ES6.

I wonder if passing in a dict is a good alternative in this case. More syntax clutter but at least the params have some semantic meaning.

Object destructuring in the parameter list comes very close to supporting keyword arguments, with only a couple of characters overhead.