That is correct, the proposed change only applies to the concrete slice types 
that are provided by the standard library.

Max


> On May 23, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Jordan Rose <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> [Proposal: 
> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0093-slice-base.md
>  
> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0093-slice-base.md%5D>]
> 
> Hey, Max. For clarification, this isn’t adding anything to the requirements 
> for slice types, correct? That is, the result type of 'subscript(_: Range)' 
> has no additional requirements? (Why I ask: there would be plenty of 
> implementations of slices that may not otherwise need a reference to the 
> original collection.)
> 
> I’m vaguely uncomfortable with this because I feel like it’s violating some 
> abstraction or allowing unsafe indexing, but of course that’s no more unsafe 
> than with any other collection.
> 
> Jordan
> 
> 
>> On May 19, 2016, at 16:43, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello Swift community,
>> 
>> The review of "SE-0093: Adding a public base property to slices"
>> begins now and runs through May 23. The proposal is available here:
>> 
>>      
>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0093-slice-base.md
>>  
>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0093-slice-base.md>
>> 
>> Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All
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>> 
>> 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
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
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