Re: [swift-evolution] Auto Unwrapping Of Optionals

> On 29 Apr 2016, at 15:37, Tod Cunningham via swift-evolution > wrote: > > This concept of Auto Unwrapping of Optionals is similar to Implicitly > Unwrapped Optionals, but is only applied when the compiler knows it is safe > to do so. > > Take the following

Re: [swift-evolution] [pitch] Eliminate the "T1 -> T2" syntax, require "(T1) -> T2"

> On 22 Apr 2016, at 23:43, Vladimir.S via swift-evolution > wrote: > > 3. Disallow putting empty tuple () in parentheses The thing is, Void is a typealias for () Therefore the impermissible: (()) -> () Is identical to: (Void) -> () So to follow these rules, it

Re: [swift-evolution] [pitch] Eliminate the "T1 -> T2" syntax, require "(T1) -> T2"

A quick grep showed about 50 cases of using T1 -> T2 in my current project. Not a huge amount, but not tiny either. It wouldn’t be a completely dreadful change to make, just irritating having to add superfluous syntactical appendages to pacify the computer. > On 20 Apr 2016, at 00:28, Jacob

Re: [swift-evolution] [pitch] Eliminate the "T1 -> T2" syntax, require "(T1) -> T2"

I’d place the ability to omit parenthesises for single args in the same category as being able to omit `self` when accessing properties. They are small conveniences that make a large difference to an entire codebase. > On 19 Apr 2016, at 15:49, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution >

Re: [swift-evolution] [pitch] Eliminate the "T1 -> T2" syntax, require "(T1) -> T2"

Completely agree with Radek. I avoid unnecessary punctuation whenever possible, which increases legibility IMHO; so this pernickety proposal makes me sad : ( > On 19 Apr 2016, at 08:46, Radosław Pietruszewski via swift-evolution > wrote: > > Noo :( > > I

Re: [swift-evolution] Lambda function syntax

> I'm completely against replacing '->' by ':' it would make unreadable the > declaration of a function taking a closure as parameter, or returning one > (among other things). > > -- > Pierre I agree with Pierre. Parameter names and functions as arguments or return values are easily