> On Aug 16, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Karl via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think the point is that existentials not conforming to their protocols is
> the underlying reason this doesn’t work already.
>
> From the previous thread:
>> There are a couple of reasons this is the case. IIRC in some cases it
>> actually isn't possible for the existential to conform to the protocol in a
>> sound way. And even when it is possible, I believe it has been said that it
>> is more difficult to implement than you might think. Hopefully the
>> situation will improve in the future but I'm not aware of any specific plans
>> at the moment.
>
> It seems like a reasonably straightforward axiom. I would be interested to
> learn more about those edge-cases.
Now that you mention it, I very vaguely recall that thread. What it called
again? I want to go back and read that whole section.
- Dave Sweeris
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