> So in a way you can think of \() as being a means of escaping from the string > entirely. I find this more logical than the idea which other languages > encourage which is that the variable is somehow embedded inside the string, > which is why I actually really like having escape do this in Swift.
I guess it is only a matter of personal preference... I do find the opposite to hold true, I like to think about the variable and its expansion so to speak in the target string. Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Jun 2016, at 11:19, Haravikk <swift-evolut...@haravikk.me> wrote: > > >> On 22 Jun 2016, at 09:39, Goffredo Marocchi via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> Sorry, but can you explain why the character used to escape strings is >> also the best choice to do Variable value extraction/String interpolation? >> They are two different concepts. > > The following two lines are equivalent: > > return "Value of foo is \(foo), have a nice day!" > return "Value of foo is " + foo + "have a nice day!" // Assuming foo is > a String already > > So in a way you can think of \() as being a means of escaping from the string > entirely. I find this more logical than the idea which other languages > encourage which is that the variable is somehow embedded inside the string, > which is why I actually really like having escape do this in Swift.
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