Proposal Link:
https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0153-compensate-for-the-inconsistency-of-nscopyings-behaviour.md
<https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0153-compensate-for-the-inconsistency-of-nscopyings-behaviour.md>
Hello Swift Community,
The review of SE-0153 "Compensate for the inconsistency of `@NSCopying`'s
behaviour” ran from February 17…22, 2017. The proposal is accepted using the
“compiler magic” approach, where the compiler will introduce the copy within
the initialization to maintain the invariant that the stored property is always
initialized with or set to a copy of the provided value.
Feedback from the review was mixed. There was general agreement that this was a
real problem that does require a solution, but the discussion during the review
slightly favored the more conservative approach of adding a warning in the
compiler. This was based on two main concerns about introducing the copy within
the initializer:
1) @NSCopying would act differently from didSet, the latter of which still
would not be called within initializers, and
2) Concern that property behaviors would not be able to model the semantics
described here.
The core team felt that @NSCopying needs to guarantee that the copy occurs
under all circumstances, and that a change in language semantics here is
warranted. Regarding concern (1), the core team felt that @NSCopying and didSet
are different enough that different behavior is reasonable and expected.
Regarding concern (2), the core team noted that property behaviors can model
the new semantics by providing behaviors with an extra customization point that
is invoked from within the initializer (and does not have access to “self”).
Moreover, having this customization point in property behaviors will make
concern (1) less acute, because property behaviors can and will differ in their
initialization vs. setting behavior.
- Doug,
Review Manager
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