See: // FIXME(ABI)(compiler limitation): We'd like to name this type "Distance" // but for <rdar://problem/17619038> On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 20:51 Dave Abrahams <[email protected]> wrote:
> > on Sun May 01 2016, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi.wu-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > on Sun May 01 2016, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A clash of names is inelegant, but in practice, I'm not actually > sure that > > > there's really a lack of clarity. IMO, `stride(of: Int)` is not > really > > > misinterpretable as anything else. > > > > I disagree, especially since `Strideable` has an associated `Stride` > type. > > > > Is the naming infelicitous? Yes, no argument from me here. > > > > But: I'd guess that Strideable, being a protocol for numeric types, > > Not only those. UnsafePointer is strideable, for example. > > > comes into the picture mostly when implementing generic numeric > > algorithms, and its associated Stride type (if I remember correctly > > from reading code comments) should really be Distance but for current > > limitations in the language. > > I don't *think* so. > > > I have no doubt that someone who knows the insides of Strideable to > > that level of detail has the expertise and imagination to conjure up a > > meaning for `stride(of: Int)` other than the stride size in bytes of > > consecutive Ints, but I venture that it'd still take some effort and > > wouldn't be an unintentional misunderstanding :P > > You're going to see a definition of Int.Stride when you look at the > members. > > -- > Dave >
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