Just a request that posters update the subject line when the topic of discussion changes.
Thanks, Dave on Wed Jan 11 2017, Erica Sadun <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 11, 2017, at 12:26 AM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Jan 10, 2017, at 11:40 AM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution >> <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >>>> On Jan 10, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Michael Ilseman via swift-evolution >>>> <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[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. >> >> +1, this would be clearly great to happen. >> >> -Chris > > I apologize for adding to this topic rather than starting a new one, > but I figure people interested in subscripts would be more likely to > see my question: > > Is there a good reason subscripts cannot throw? Right now you can > create a [safe: index] subscript to return an optional but you can't > create one that returns an unwrapped value or throws. > > Thanks, -- E > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > -- -Dave _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
