-1 I don't see the need for special syntax where a method can be easily used and is more general.
-Thorsten > Am 18.04.2016 um 17:28 schrieb Vladimir.S via swift-evolution > <[email protected]>: > > On 15.04.2016 3:57, Hans Huck via swift-evolution wrote: > > Anyway, why not just make it .step() then, like in Ruby? > > > > Instead of a "by" keyword, I'd be happy with syntactic sugar in the form of > > > > for i in p1..<p2 step x > > As for 'step' word: It seems like for now IMO this is the best suggestion : > very explicit, anyone knows what "step" means especially in context of loop, > clear that "step" belongs to for-in construction(not to range itself). > > for i in 0..<10 step 2 { > } > > for i in 0..<10 step -2 { > } > > for i in 0.1..<10.5 step 0.5 { > } > > all are mapped to needed ranges/intervals under the hood > Do you want some custom Range-specific methods to provide steps for loop - no > problems, use what you need. But don't force any of us to use > (0..<10).striding(by:2) for myriads of simple loops in our code. > > I want to see such constructions in our Swift. Who is with me ? :) > _______________________________________________ > 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
