Would that require some compiler magic, i.e. 

foo(#splat(arr))



> On Apr 19, 2016, at 12:51 PM, Vladimir.S via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I suggest to look at the subject of this thread and initial proposal:
> "Swift should allow passing an *array to variadic functions*, or we should 
> implement a type-safe `apply()` function in the standard library."
> 
> I.e. the question is *if we want/need to be able to pass array to existed 
> variadic function*. Not about removing the variadic feature("removing" is 
> offtop for this poposal, as I understand)
> 
> For example we have:
> func foo(x: Int ...) {..}
> 
> and later in code we have
> var arr : [Int] = getSomehow()
> 
> Should we be able to call foo in this way:
> 
> foo(arr)
> 
> Or how we can call foo(..) about array of values, not values as list of 
> parameters.
> 
> 
>> On 19.04.2016 19:34, Jeremy Pereira via swift-evolution wrote:
>> 
>>> On 19 Apr 2016, at 07:51, Haravikk via swift-evolution 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think the question really is whether not having to add square brackets is 
>>> really enough to justify a whole language feature? Basically you’ve got two 
>>> ways you could do this:
>> 
>> No, that’s not the question. The question is whether the downside to 
>> variadic parameters is really enough to justify _removing_ an existing 
>> language feature.
>> 
>> The burden of justification should be on those people wanting to change the 
>> language, not on those wanting to maintain the status quo and “I don’t like 
>> it” or “I think it makes code a tiny bit less readable” is not sufficient 
>> justification, in my opinion because you already have the option not to use 
>> the feature. Whereas, if you remove the feature, those people of the opinion 
>> “it makes code a tiny bit more readable” have nowhere to go.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
_______________________________________________
swift-evolution mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution

Reply via email to