From the original thread:
> Am 01.06.2016 um 03:47 schrieb Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]>:
>
> <snip>
>
> It does occur to me that there is one more option. I don't know that I like
> it, but it's an option no one has put forward before: recite the opening
> keyword when beginning a new boolean expression:
>
> `if let x = x where x < 3 { ... }` becomes
> `if let x = x if x < 3 { ... }`
>
> `while let item = sequence.next() where item > 0 { ... }` becomes
> `while let item = sequence.next() while item > 0 { ... }`
>
> etc.
I've almost had the same idea... However I would not replace "where" rather
than using if/while/guard as delimiters for new optional
bindings/case-conditions:
// if ----------------------
if let x = y where x < 4,
if case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 {
...
}
// Is equivalent to:
if let x = y where x < 4 {
if case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 {
...
}
}
// guard ----------------------
guard let x = y where x < 4,
guard case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 else { ... }
// Is equivalent to:
guard let x = y where x < 4 else { ... }
guard case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 else { ... }
// while ----------------------
// "guard" or "if" should probably be used as delimiter instead of "while"
// since it is not a nested loop (imo I would go with "if"... discussable...)
while let x = y where x < 4,
while case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 {
...
}
// Is equivalent to:
while let x = y where x < 4 {
guard case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 else {
break
}
do { ... }
}
// or with if
while let x = y where x < 4 {
if case let .some(a) = b where a > 42 {
...
} else { break }
}
Note that all these statements have a nice symmetry to their "long form". These
statements can also be similarly written without introducing a new scope and
code duplication in else branches:
if ...
if ... {
...
} else { ... }
vs
if ... {
if ... {
...
} else { ... }
} else { ... }
Best regards
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