> On May 20, 2016, at 11:52 AM, David Waite <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On May 20, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Brandon Knope via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From the compilers/runtimes perspective why couldn't the declaration >> automatically be included in the main protocol definition as if it was >> defined there? > > Assuming you have protocol extenders and protocol implementors as different > people, they are competing in the same problem space. The odds of an > unintentional name collision is higher than normal, in which case the person > implementing a protocol just unknowingly changed behavior for everyone > relying on that extension. > > The implementors can’t look at the protocol to find out the list of > requirements on the protocol anymore - they have to also find every extension.
Thanks. These are some of the issues I mentioned that were discussed quite a bit in earlier threads. I suggest anyone who is interested in this problem catch up on those threads before moving any further in this discussion. > > -DW > _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
