> On Jan 10, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Michael Ilseman via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [Forgot to CC swift-evolution the first time]
>
> When this came up last, it was seen as more so a bug in the current
> implementation, rather than an explicit choice. There's no need for a
> proposal, just a JIRA:
> https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-115?jql=text%20~%20%22Generic%20subscript%22
> <https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-115?jql=text%20~%20%22Generic%20subscript%22>
>
It’s a nontrivial new user-facing feature with new syntax in the language, so
it’ll need a proposal. ‘twould be good for the proposal to link to the JIRA
ticket.
I’ve only heard positive reactions toward this feature, and it’s something that
the standard library could make good use of.
- Doug
>
>
>> On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Chris Eidhof via swift-evolution
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Recently, I've bumped into the lack of generic subscripts a few times. There
>> are a bunch of useful things you could do with it. It's in the generics
>> manifesto as well:
>> https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/GenericsManifesto.md#generic-subscripts
>>
>> <https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/GenericsManifesto.md#generic-subscripts>
>>
>> I'm thinking of drafting up a proposal for this (also thanks to
>> https://twitter.com/dgregor79/status/818868882316214274
>> <https://twitter.com/dgregor79/status/818868882316214274>).
>>
>> Are there any good arguments against adding this?
>>
>> --
>> Chris Eidhof
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