Regards
LM
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> On Jun 24, 2016, at 5:55 AM, Jordan Rose via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> [Proposal: 
> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0095-any-as-existential.md
>  ]
> 
> I’ve gone on record before as against this syntax, although when I set out 
> earlier today to record my usual rebuttal I found that it really was mostly a 
> matter of taste. Yes, this looks weird to me:
> 
> let callback: (Data) -> NSCoding & NSCopying
> 
> but I’m sure the infix ‘->’ for functions looked weird to everyone the first 
> time they saw it as well, and it really is pretty clear in argument position.
> 
> However, I did remember one issue, which was brought up on the previous 
> mega-thread: if we do want to generalize protocol values, we’re going to want 
> something that’s essentially “a type with a ‘where’ clauses in it”. I really 
> don’t want to force people to use a typealias to spell such a type, but at 
> the same time I want that where clause to be clearly attached to the type. 
> (As brought up before the return position of a function is currently 
> ambiguous with SE-0081.)
> 
> Despite the lightweightedness and the well-prepared proposal by Adrian and 
> Austin, the lack of bracketing <> () {} [] leads me to maintain my stance 
> against the proposed syntax.

This is another way to generalize P&Q compositions that opens another way to 
specify WHERE

https://gist.github.com/lmihalkovic/68c321ea7ffe27e553e37b794309b051

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> Jordan
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