The compatibility testing revealed no related errors. And the full test suite 
only shows one that I listed already.

Max


> On Jun 27, 2017, at 3:28 PM, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This solution is nifty indeed, and has the chief advantage of working.
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 16:55 Max Moiseev via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> On Jun 27, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Adrian Zubarev <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> How about?
>> 
>> public func ?? <T>(optional: T?, noreturnOrError: @autoclosure () throws -> 
>> Never) rethrows -> T {
>>     switch optional {
>>     case .some(let value):
>>         return value
>>     case .none:
>>         try noreturnOrError()
>>     }
>> }
>> 
> 
> Yeah, I saw your email right after I sent mine =)
> This works, I tried it and also ran the test suite. There was only one error.
> 
>   var s: String = ns ?? "str" as String as String // expected-error{{cannot 
> convert value of type 'NSString?' to expected argument type 'String?'}}
>                                                                      
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>                                                                      cannot 
> convert value of type 'String' to expected argument type 'NSString'
> 
> 
> I now wonder what the effect on the source compatibility suite would be:
> https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/10639 
> <https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/10639>
> 
> 
> Max
> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Adrian Zubarev
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>> Am 27. Juni 2017 um 21:54:57, Max Moiseev via swift-evolution 
>> ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>) schrieb:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jun 27, 2017, at 10:38 AM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> As you write, this operator becomes sugar for “?? fatalError()” once Never 
>>>> becomes a true bottom type.
>>>> 
>>>> In the meantime, can’t the same thing be accomplished by overloading 
>>>> fatalError so it’s a generic function that returns a discardable result of 
>>>> type T, which in turn calls the Never-returning overload?
>>> 
>>> I like this idea more than adding an extra operator, but overloading 
>>> fatalError won’t work now because of 
>>> https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/core/Optional.swift#L668
>>>  
>>> <https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/core/Optional.swift#L668>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 12:25 Erica Sadun via swift-evolution 
>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> Using an operator to provide feedback on the context of a failed unwrap 
>>>> has become a commonly implemented approach in the Swift developer 
>>>> Community. What are your thoughts about adopting this widely-used operator 
>>>> into the standard library?
>>>> 
>>>> guard !lastItem.isEmpty else { return }
>>>> let lastItem = array.last !! "Array must be non-empty"
>>>> 
>>>> Details here:  
>>>> https://gist.github.com/erica/423e4b1c63b95c4c90338cdff4939a9b 
>>>> <https://gist.github.com/erica/423e4b1c63b95c4c90338cdff4939a9b>
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, -- E
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