title: C# method call with parameter name and colon
body: <p>I've begun to notice at times when I'm making method calls in C# that the names of the parameters for the method I'm calling will show up in the intellisense list appended with a colon, and that I can then format the method call thusly:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MethodCall(parameter1:value1, parameter2:value2);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this a new language feature?  It reminds me of the way you can call stored procedures in SQL and specify parameter names like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>spDoSomeStuff @param1 = 1, @param2 = 'other param'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is this a similar feature?  If so, to what end?  If not, what is it and what is it to be used for.</p>