> On May 24, 2017, at 5:11 PM, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:32 PM, David Sweeris via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> So, I’m working on a type, and would like to make it conform to 
> `ExpressibleByArrayLiteral`. The thing is, I don’t actually care what type 
> `Element` is as long as it conforms to `FixedWidthInteger` and 
> `UnsignedInteger`. I tried writing this:
>   public init <U: FixedWidthInteger & UnsignedInteger> (arrayLiteral 
> elements: U...) { … }
> But Xcode says my type doesn’t conform to `ExpressibleByArrayLiteral` unless 
> I add an init that takes a concrete type:
>   public init(arrayLiteral elements: UInt...) { … }
> 
> Does anyone else think the generic init should to be able to satisfy 
> `ExpressibleByArrayLiteral` (especially since `UInt` meets the conformance 
> requirements)?
> 
> Your type needs to be generic.

It already is… I just don’t want to restrict it to being initialized from array 
literals containing that same generic type.

- Dave Sweeris
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