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Default values for function macros

The addition of function macros has changed the future of functions forever - I believe it is the single most revolutionary update since 1.13. However, a slight change would make them way more flexible and a lot more useful, I'm talking about default values for macros.

Currently, if a macro is defined in a function, you have to give it a value every time you want to call the function, which can cause a lot of redundancy, when 95% of the time the value is the same and you really only want to change it for the 5%.

The syntax could be a comment in the first line, where the default values are defined, for example

# $(macro1=323) $(macro2="this is a string") $(macro3={snbtworks:1b})

The default value would be used whenever the function is called without the macro key defined, otherwise it's overridden.

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    Having gotten into datapacks recently for 1.21.1+...
    This would be extremely useful and cut down on many lines of commands

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    I would love this to have this. A syntax I've seen in other places that make more sense here is using the pipe character |:

    $(macro1|323) $(macro2 | "this is a string")