> On Jan 11, 2017, at 08:48, Derrick Ho via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Interesting proposal Tim. So instead of repeating the enum cases multiple
> times we repeat the functions multiple times?
>
> I feel like this merely flipping the complexity but not really getting rid of
> it.
I think you have correctly summarized the proposal.
The complexity can't be gotten rid of (except maybe with macros... depending on
the details, of course). Sometimes viewing the same thing from a different
angle can be helpful. As long as this syntax is "in addition to" and not
"instead of", the only downside I can see to allowing this is a bit of
"language bloat", which doesn't particularly bother me. I don't know how hard
it would be for the compiler to sort out which "mode" it should parse the enum
in, though, especially since you might want to write some parts in the regular
way and some parts in this new way.
So... I guess I'm +1, pending someone who knows more about compiler internals
weighing in on implementation implications.
- Dave Sweeris
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