> On Jul 1, 2016, at 9:11 PM, David Waite via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> +1!
> 
> To me, it feels like the ambivalent dynamic casting is a temporary 
> complexity, and that at some point in the future the need to expose legacy 
> reference types like NSString outside swift-supplied or user-created bridging 
> code will disappear completely.
> 
> This also will get rid of some of the rough edges in the various corelibs 
> where value types cannot be supported because some platforms have a backing 
> library written in Objective-C. Swiftier indeed!
> 
> Is this something you are pushing for in Swift 3? It seems appropriate but 
> ambitious.

Yes, we’re trying for it.  “Appropriate but ambitious” is an accurate 
assessment - this is a huge stretch by the entire team but Swift 3 is the right 
time for it.

-Chris
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