This seems like it’s running through the same check that disallows defining and calling a closure
let randomFunc : () -> () = randomFunc() > On Jan 30, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Michael Gubik via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Example that does not compile: > > let randomArray = randomArray(withCapacity: 4096) > > Compiler error: “Variable used within its own initial value” > The variable name unfortunately clashes with the function name. > > This problem forces the developer to think about an alternative name. > IMHO that’s suboptimal since many times the most canonical naming would be > one where these two go by the same name. > > It’s not a big problem in practice but I wonder if there are plans to change > this? > > > Thanks, > Michael Gubik > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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