You can explicitly create an array with the slice by using ‘Array(slice)’. Honestly, I am not sure of the actual value of slices because of issues like this. I would rather have those methods return an Array which is some sort of copy on write slice internally.
Thanks, Jon > On Sep 6, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > var numbers: [UInt64] = … > > func numbers( upTo nbr: Int ) -> [UInt64] > { > let slice = numbers[ 0 ..< nbr ] > return slice > // Cannot convert return expression of type ‘ArraySlice<UInt64>' > to return type '[UInt64]' > > // workaound: > var outCopy:[UInt64] = [] > for i in 0 ..< nbr { outCopy.append( numbers[i] ) } > return outCopy > } > > Any better way to do this? > > Gerriet. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jhull%40gbis.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
