How many parameters are too many parameters?

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In my opinion, ditch the crazy amount of parameters and instead do a UDT that contains the information and pass that. Like how Windows API does a lot of their calls.

+1 That is one fine way to do it.

Too many? It gets crazy with modes by number who wants to remember a bunch of codes for one routine?
But I can understand the desire to be as flexible as possible, who wants to write mostly redundant code? like a sort routine for every data type and still can't do UDTs.