Fair enough. I defer to both of you.

Thanks, -- E

> On Oct 11, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Robert Widmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I agree, though it may seem counterintuitive at first.  () is a value of unit 
> type that exists here to satisfy the sema’s requirements that all branches 
> are destructive, productive or defer to another productive branch.
> 
> ~Robert Widmann
> 
>> On Oct 11, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Well, unless I'm mistaken, `()` here is a value. I can replace it with `3` 
>> and the compiler emits a warning about unused results. I'm guessing that 
>> since () is a value of type Void, the warning about unused results isn't 
>> triggered.
>> While it's true that `Void` causes an error, I can write `Void()` instead 
>> and everything compiles just fine, which is what the `()` is doing too. 
>> Seems fine to me?
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> I thought this was long gone but today I found out it is still legal:
>> 
>> switch i {
>> case 4 ... 6: ()
>> case 3: print("Here")
>> default: break
>> }
>> 
>> Is there a motivating factor for keeping this in the language? The compiler 
>> picks up on Void and emits an error. You'd think () would produce the same 
>> results but it doesn't.
>> 
>> -- Erica
>> 
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