> On Aug 5, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Would it kill to allow: > > let err = NSError() > err.localizedDescription = "bad things happen" > throw err > > or even > > throw NSError("Bad things happen")
You can make something that can do that fairly easily: struct TextualError: LocalizedError { var errorString: String init() { self.init("") } init(_ string: String) { self.errorString = string } var failureReason: String? { return self.errorString } } Then, you can just: throw TextualError("Must Sterilize!”) Or: var error = TextualError() error.failureReason = "Must Sterilize!” throw error Charles
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