> On Jun 12, 2017, at 10:44, Jérémie Girault via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Void was the empty tuple because arguments were tuples. So no arguments meant
> empty tuple.
>
> If we consider the empty tuple to be an argument, then the type for the type
> of empty tuple should be `Unit`
>
> Void, however, seem naturally fitted for the absence of argument.
>
> Should `func foo(Void)` be different from `func foo()`? I don’t think so. But
> different from `func foo(Unit)` ? Yes !
>
To me, "Unit" is used like "a unit of length", "a unit of time", etc. I've not
come across it being used as analog for something like the empty tuple.
- Dave Sweeris
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