I also agree that curly braces would be both *more* clear and *more* C-like for what it’s worth, but it seems like there may be no time for this. 😞
> On Jul 19, 2016, at 5:01 PM, G B via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The main advantage is not in this change by itself, but in the fact that it > tidies up the syntax and makes it easier to support other additive proposals > in the future that might make better use of the colon syntax— such as > targeted continue statements in `switch` or a `switch` expression syntax. > Both could probably be accomplished without this change, but I think they’d > be less clean. > > I guess my argument on familiarity has been that using curly braces is more > like the C family of languages in that the Swift `case`s are separate scopes > and C/C++ would require curly braces to create those scopes. At the same time > the Swift `switch` is different from the C `switch` in that it does not > implicitly fall through so a small syntax difference isn’t without > justification. > > > That said, reactions haven't been overwhelmingly positive, so I’ll let it go > unless someone suggests otherwise. > > >> On Jul 18, 2016, at 16:23 , Chris Lattner <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On Jul 17, 2016, at 10:07 PM, Jose Cheyo Jimenez via swift-evolution >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I think this proposal is not >>> >>> ""better enough" for it to make sense to diverge from the precedent >>> established by the C family of languages.” >>> >>> And I think the same would go for this >>> >>> “Swift is designed to feel like a member of the C family of languages. >>> Switching keywords away from C precedent without strong motivation is a >>> non-goal” >>> >>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/commonly_proposed.md >>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/commonly_proposed.md> >>> >>> I just don’t think we gain much by switching to curly braces. >> >> I agree. I don’t think this proposal is worth considering at this point. >> >> -Chris >> > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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