I like placeholder too. However, it also suffers from the lack of “type” in it.
So, the real comparison is between: placeholder — associated placholdertype — associatedtype > On Dec 20, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Andrew Hoos <[email protected]> wrote: > > I second placeholder as the most rational keyword. Every description of the > distinct usage of type alias refers to is a placeholder type. placeholder is > one word(circumventingCase_issues) and is more descriptive of what it is than > associated*. Seems like an easy win. Is there a some reason I am missing why > *type* or associated* are better keyword fits? > > Andrew Hoos > >> On Dec 19, 2015, at 10:07, Tino Heth via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> snake_cases are un-Swifty >> amen. >> >> My first thought for a name was "placeholder", and I just saw that this was >> used in the description of the concept as well… so maybe this would be an >> option? >> >> Tino >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
