> On Feb 18, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> • What is your evaluation of the proposal? > > +1. I am extremely confident that this is the right direction to go in. > > I really like Brent’s idea for allowing us to distinguish the parameter label > from what he calls the “internal name”. > > In the value subtyping manifesto I recently posted I showed how we can assign > a unique type to each enum case which is a subtype of the enum itself. The > “internal name” Brent mentions would be the name of the stored property > holding the value if that idea were introduced in the future. It has value > beyond just documentation and autocompletion. >
Intriguing! I wish I had read this before I replied to Brent’s. Would it be better to include the internal name addition in the subtyping proposal? >> • Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change >> to Swift? > > Yes. Several years of experience with Swift are showing that there are many > reasons for this to change. > >> • Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift? > > Very much so. > >> • If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, >> how do you feel that this proposal compares to those? > > I have not. The approach Swift takes to compound names is unique in my > experience and is a very nice design. > >> • How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick >> reading, or an in-depth study? > > In-depth study. > >> >> More information about the Swift evolution process is available at >> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md >> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md> >> >> Thank you, >> >> John McCall >> Review Manager >> _______________________________________________ >> swift-evolution-announce mailing list >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution-announce > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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