> On Jun 2, 2016, at 9:43 AM, Erica Sadun <er...@ericasadun.com> wrote:
>
> Supporting Dave A, type-based calls are much more likely to be used than
> instance calls, unlike with dynamicType/type(of:)
>
> Term stdlib search gist search Google site:github +swift
> sizeof 157 169 4880
> sizeofValue 4 34 584
> alignof 44 11 334
> alignofValue 5 5 154
> strideof 347 19 347
> strideofValue 4 5 163
> Type-based calls like sizeof() are poor candidates for parameter labels.
> While it's acceptable to write sizeof(Int), but one must write size(of:
> Int.self) (with the trailing self) when the function has a label.
Isn’t this a short-term concern? I thought that requirement was going away.
> For this reason, this proposal prefers using no-label calls for types
> (otherwise they would have been ofType) and labeled calls for values:
>
> print(sizeof(Int)) // works
> print(sizeof(Int.self)) // works
>
> func withoutLabel<T>(thetype: T.Type) -> Int { return sizeof(T) }
> func withLabel<T>(label label: T.Type) -> Int { return sizeof(T) }
>
>
> // Works
> print(withoutLabel(Int))
>
> // Works
> print(withLabel(label: Int.self))
>
> // Does not work
> // error: cannot create a single-element tuple with an element label
> // print(withLabel(label: Int))
>
>
> So with this in mind:
>
> /// Returns the contiguous memory footprint of `T`.
> ///
> /// Does not include any dynamically-allocated or "remote" storage.
> /// In particular, `size(X.self)`, when `X` is a class type, is the
> /// same regardless of how many stored properties `X` has.
> public func size<T>(_: T.Type) -> Int
>
> /// Returns the contiguous memory footprint of `T`.
> ///
> /// Does not include any dynamically-allocated or "remote" storage.
> /// In particular, `size(of: a)`, when `a` is a class instance, is the
> /// same regardless of how many stored properties `a` has.
> public func size<T>(of: T) -> Int
>
> /// Returns the least possible interval between distinct instances of
> /// `T` in memory. The result is always positive.
> public func spacing<T>(_: T.Type) -> Int
>
> /// Returns the least possible interval between distinct instances of
> /// `T` in memory. The result is always positive.
> public func spacing<T>(of: T) -> Int
>
> /// Returns the minimum memory alignment of `T`.
> public func alignment<T>(_: T.Type) -> Int
>
> /// Returns the minimum memory alignment of `T`.
> public func alignment<T>(of: T) -> Int
> -- E
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