> On May 19, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > > on Tue May 17 2016, Chris Lattner <swift-evolution@swift.org > <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote: > >> Hello Swift community, >> >> The review of "SE-0089: Renaming String.init<T>(_: T)" begins now and >> runs through May 23. The proposal is available here: >> >> >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0089-rename-string-reflection-init.md >> >> Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All >> reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at >> >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> >> or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review >> manager. >> >> What goes into a review? >> >> The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review >> through constructive criticism and contribute to the direction of >> Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might >> want to answer in your review: >> >> * What is your evaluation of the proposal? >> * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change >> to Swift? >> * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? >> * If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar >> feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those? >> * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick >> reading, or an in-depth study? >> >> More information about the Swift evolution process is available at >> >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md > > I'm posting this on behalf of Dmitri Gribenko, and Max Moiseev, and > myself. > > We would like to accept the proposal with one modification: rather than > add an argument label, we'd like to drop the String initializer > altogether, making `"\(expression)"` the standard way to get a string > representation of `expression`.
Is there some performance-driven motivation here, or is this just aesthetics? I ask b/c not having a name for this "initializer" here would seem mildly annoying and asymmetric vis-a-vis `String.init(reflecting:)`; sure, I can always add an equivalent with a name, but I’m curious if there’s an argument-from-functionality for the removal. Also FWIW I like the idea to use `init(describing:)`, although it’s still a bit quirky when put side-by-side with `init(reflecting:)` (since it doesn’t really capture the heart of the distinction between the two, IMHO). > > Thanks, > > -- > -Dave > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution>
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