+1 I think that 'Unsafe' is fine because the mutable variant is definitely unsafe.
I have some audio related code that would benefit greatly from this addition so I am all for it. TJ > On Sep 1, 2016, at 12:10, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello Swift community, > > The review of "UnsafeBytes" begins now and runs through September > 7th. This late addition to Swift 3 is a follow-up to SE-0107: > UnsafeRawPointer. It addresses common use cases for UnsafeRawPointer, > allowing developers to continue working with collections of UInt8 values, > but now doing so via a type safe API. The UnsafeBytes API will not require > direct manipulation of raw pointers or reasoning about binding memory. > > The proposal is available here: > > <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0138-unsafebytes.md> > > Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews > should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at > > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > > or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the > review manager. When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at > the top of the message: > > Proposal link: > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > > What goes into a review? > > The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review > through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of > Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to > answer in your review: > > * What is your evaluation of the proposal? > * Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a > change to Swift? > * Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? > * If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar > feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those? > * How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick > reading, or an in-depth study? > > More information about the Swift evolution process is available at > > <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md> > > Thank you, > > -Dave Abrahams > Review Manager > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
