I like the idea, but it is worth noting that unless the syntax is generalized 
(which I'm not necessarily against), the type of `operation` cannot be 
referenced. This means that you can't declare a variable of that type, unless 
you assign the argument to it.

Félix

> Le 31 mai 2016 à 09:16:56, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Here's a function signature from some code from today:
> 
> func scaleAndCropImage(
>     image: UIImage,
>     toSize size: CGSize,
>     fitImage: Bool = true
>     ) -> UIImage {
> 
> 
> And here's what I want the function signature to actually look like:
> 
> func scaleAndCropImage(
>     image: UIImage,
>     toSize size: CGSize,
>     operation: (.Fit | .Fill) = .Fit
>     ) -> UIImage {
> 
> 
> where I don't have to establish a separate enumeration to include ad-hoc 
> enumeration-like semantics for the call. A while back, Yong hee Lee 
> introduced anonymous enumerations (and the possibility of anonymous option 
> flags) but the discussion rather died.
> 
> I'm bringing it up again to see whether there is any general interest in 
> pursuing this further as I think the second example is more readable, 
> appropriate, and Swifty than the first, provides better semantics, and is 
> more self documenting.
> 
> Thanks for your feedback,
> 
> -- Erica
> 
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