Wasn't there a proposal to stop defining methods in addition to global operators? I would very much support that, doesn't make sense to me to have two ways to do the same thing IMO.
> On Jul 3, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > >> On Jul 3, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> I am still curious why the SE-0104 FixedWidthInteger protocol uses member >> functions like “.xor” rather than operators for bitwise manipulation. > > The global operators are implemented in terms of those methods in the > protocol. > > -Chris > >> >> Nevin >> >>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> on Fri Jul 01 2016, Riley Testut <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > This is probably very minor, but I’m not sure the protocol name >>> > “BitwiseOperations” fits the Swift API Design Guidelines. Here’s what >>> > the guidelines have to say about protocol names: >>> > >>> > Protocols that describe what something is should read as nouns (e.g. >>> > Collection). >>> > >>> > Protocols that describe a capability should be named using the >>> > suffixes able, ible, or ing (e.g. Equatable, ProgressReporting). >>> > >>> > From these two, BitwiseOperations appears to be (attempting) to follow >>> > the first rule, yet “BitwiseOperations” doesn’t really describe what >>> > the type is, but rather that it can do bitwise operations. The >>> > documentation itself even describes the protocol as “a type that >>> > supports standard bitwise arithmetic operators." >>> > >>> > I propose we rename it to “BitwiseOperable”, or something >>> > similar. Again, a small change, but if this were to ever happen, I >>> > think Swift 3 is the time. >>> >>> BitwiseOperations should really be retired after >>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0104-improved-integers.md >>> is implemented, and its uses replaced by FixedWidthInteger. >>> >>> -- >>> Dave >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> swift-evolution mailing list >>> swift-evolution@swift.org >>> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >> >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution mailing list >> swift-evolution@swift.org >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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