> On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:31 AM, Charles Srstka <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 11, 2016, at 12:16 AM, Gavin Eadie <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m moving some code from Obj-C to Swift and, from time to time, I open a 
>> gap I cannot see across.  This is one, and I’d love some assistance.
>> 
>> I converted a pile of utility Obj-C code that included a class method of the 
>> form on the rhs of:
>> 
>>  xxx = [UIColor colorFromName:@"aliceblue"]
>> 
>> In the new Swift replacement of the utility code, I added a global constant 
>> Dictionary of the form:
>> 
>>  public let colorLookup = [
>>     "aliceblue" : UIColor.init(colorLiteralRed:0.0, green:0.5, blue:1.0, 
>> alpha:1.0),
>>     …
>>  ]
>> 
>> and changed the Obj-C call to
>> 
>>  xxx = colorLookup[@"aliceblue"]
>> 
>> 
>> The Obj-C compiler complains that the subscript is not numeric.  It also 
>> appears to not be able to resolve the global constant "colorLookup" (which 
>> probably explains the error in the previous sentence).  I notice that 
>> "colorLookup" doesn’t appear in "Utilities-Swift.h" ..
>> 
>> There are other (and better) ways I could code this, but I’m curious why 
>> "colorLookup" is invisible to Objective-C .. Thanks, Gavin
> 
> Wrap the variable in an Objective-C class and it should be fine:
> 
> public class Constants: NSObject {
>       public let colorLookup: [String : UIColor] = ...
> }
> 
> Charles

.. nearly!  We just need "static" on the property:

    class Constants: NSObject {
        static let colorLookup: [String : UIColor] = ...
    }

.. thanks, Charles
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