A case can be made, of course. My personal opinion is that I don't want to see 
it in the language at any point. Others are free to agree or disagree.

Austin

> On May 17, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Matthew Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On May 17, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Austin Zheng <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> If people really want to pursue further sugar here I think it would be 
>>> worthwhile to explore a direction that hasn’t already been debated 
>>> extensively.  That is why I suggested thinking about `if unwrap`.  That 
>>> said, I really don’t think current state is too bad.  It’s definitely not 
>>> worth expending community energy on this when we clearly have more 
>>> important things to focus on (like completing generics and ABI).
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I agree with Matthew. A marginal increase in developer convenience is, to 
>> me, not worth the additional complexity of special purpose syntax.
> 
> I think it’s fair to make a case for the special purpose syntax (which may or 
> may not be accepted).  I just don’t think now is the right time to have a 
> debate about it.

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