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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 12:21 AM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 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.

It looks that way for sure - I was surprised to see this so late in the cycle.  
I really appreciate the team devoting the effort to try and get it done now.  
It will make a big difference.

> 
> -Chris
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