> On Jul 5, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > on Tue Jul 05 2016, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose-AT-apple.com > <http://at-apple.com/>> wrote: > >> [Proposal: >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md >> >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md> >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md >> >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0115-literal-syntax-protocols.md>> >> ] >> >>> On Jul 3, 2016, at 9:52, David Sweeris via swift-evolution >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 23:16, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Change it to "Syntax.ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral" and I'd be onboard but >>>> I don't think it would pass the DaveTest despite it being only 2 >>>> characters longer.[1] >>> >>> Yeah, I agree with "By" instead of "As". It makes it a bit clearer >>> that these protocols kinda work backwards, so to speak. That is, if >>> I understand things correctly, rather than adding >>> functionality/semantics to the conforming type, conforming to a >>> literal protocol adds functionality/semantics to the corresponding >>> literal "type" (which we can't directly interact with because they >>> don't actually exist within Swift's type system). >> >> I like "By" much better than "As". For me, "expressible as integer >> literal" has the meaning we don't want, with no hint of ambiguity: >> "you can go from a concrete type to a literal" (rather than the >> correct "you can go from a literal to a concrete type"). > > I'm not opposed to “By” if many more people think it's clearer.
I am not either. I want you and the core team to choose what you feel is the best name after considering all of the input and trust you to make the right decision. > > -- > Dave > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution>
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