> On Jun 22, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Javier Soto <[email protected]> wrote:
> How would we evaluate the proposal to introduce the "sealed" specifier for 
> classes (open within module, final outside of module) and default to that, in 
> terms of source-code compatibility? 
> From my point of view it might be easier to do before Swift 3, but if delayed 
> until Swift 4 it wouldn't be the most time-consuming breakage for developers. 

I believe we consider this plan of record, actually, other than the spelling of 
the modifier.  It's something we probably ought to commit to in Swift 3, though.

John.

> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:09 AM Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:59 AM, John McCall <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 8:17 AM, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution 
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Rationalizing base conversion protocol names. I personally don't have the 
>>>> heart to try to re-address the "LiteralConvertible" protocol naming thing 
>>>> again but this would be the last chance to do anything about getting this 
>>>> issue addressed.
>>> Given the vast amount of bike shedding that has already happened around 
>>> this topic, I don’t think there is a solution that everyone will be happy 
>>> with.  It is also unclear (to me at least) what solution might be 
>>> acceptable to the core team.  
>> 
>> To be clear, I don't care about the name.  If you want to rename 
>> IntegerLiteralConvertible to IntegerLiteral or whatever, I won't drag the 
>> conversation into the muck again. :)  It's the design of the requirements 
>> that I'm pretty opposed to revisiting.
> 
> This is orthogonal to the discussion that happened in your thread, definitely 
> no discussion of any changes to the requirements. :)
> 
> We are discussing this proposal: 
> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0041-conversion-protocol-conventions.md
>  
> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0041-conversion-protocol-conventions.md>
>  and specifically the use of the `Convertible` suffix for both the 
> `*LiteralConvertible` protocols and the `Custom(Debug)StringConvertible` 
> protocols where the conversion runs in opposite directions.
> 
> The core team decision was:
> 
> "The feedback on the proposal was generally positive about the idea of 
> renaming these protocols, but the specific names in the proposal are not well 
> received, and there is no apparent confluence in the community on better 
> names.  The core team prefers discussion to continue -- if/when there is a 
> strong proposal for a better naming approach, we can reconsider renaming 
> these."
> 
>> 
>> John.
>> 
>>> 
>>> At the same time, it continues to bother me that `Convertible` is used by 
>>> standard library protocols with two completely different meanings.  This is 
>>> a problem that deserves to be solved and as it involves a breaking change 
>>> Swift 3 is the right timeframe in which to do so.
>>> 
>>> If the core team is able to indicate an approach they favor I would be 
>>> willing to revise and resubmit the proposal.  But I don’t want to spend any 
>>> further time speculating about what solution might be considered acceptable.
>>> 
>>> Matthew
>>> 
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