> On Jul 18, 2017, at 9:42 PM, Taylor Swift <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> How do we feel about changing the label to `repeated:`, even in cases where
> `count:` is 1?
>
> This would mean that calls would read like this: `ptr.initialize(repeated:
> value)`
Right. Given the default `count` of 1, it’s probably best to stick with `to:
value`.
-Andy
>
> A grep through the stdlib shows that this is by far the most common use case:
>
> swift-source/swift$ grep initialize\(to: . -r
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftPrivatePthreadExtras/SwiftPrivatePthreadExtras.swift:
> result.initialize(to: block(arg))
> ./stdlib/private/StdlibUnittest/OpaqueIdentityFunctions.swift:
> ptr.initialize(to: x)
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftReflectionTest/SwiftReflectionTest.swift:
> anyPointer.initialize(to: any)
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftReflectionTest/SwiftReflectionTest.swift:
> fn.initialize(to: ThickFunction0(function: function))
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftReflectionTest/SwiftReflectionTest.swift:
> fn.initialize(to: ThickFunction1(function: function))
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftReflectionTest/SwiftReflectionTest.swift:
> fn.initialize(to: ThickFunction2(function: function))
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftReflectionTest/SwiftReflectionTest.swift:
> fn.initialize(to: ThickFunction3(function: function))
> ./stdlib/private/SwiftPrivate/ShardedAtomicCounter.swift: (shards +
> i).initialize(to: 0)
> ./stdlib/public/SDK/Foundation/NSError.swift: out.initialize(to: bridged)
> ./stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawPointer.swift.gyb: //
> (self.assumingMemoryBound(to: T.self) + i).initialize(to: source[i])
> ./stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawPointer.swift.gyb: // .initialize(to:
> (source + i).move())
> ./stdlib/public/core/UnsafeRawPointer.swift.gyb: //
> (--dst).initialize(to: (--src).move())
> ./stdlib/public/core/Arrays.swift.gyb: p.initialize(to: repeatedValue)
> ./stdlib/public/core/Arrays.swift.gyb: (_buffer.firstElementAddress +
> oldCount).initialize(to: newElement)
> ./stdlib/public/core/Arrays.swift.gyb: p.initialize(to: x)
> ./stdlib/public/core/Arrays.swift.gyb: p.initialize(to: newValues[q])
> ./stdlib/public/core/Arrays.swift.gyb: (base +
> newCount).initialize(to: next)
> ./stdlib/public/core/AnyHashable.swift: result.initialize(to: value)
> ./stdlib/public/core/AnyHashable.swift: result.initialize(to: value)
> ./stdlib/public/core/AnyHashable.swift: target.initialize(to:
> AnyHashable(value))
> ./stdlib/public/core/ArrayCast.swift: target.initialize(to:
> _arrayForceCast(source.pointee))
> ./stdlib/public/core/ArrayCast.swift: target.initialize(to: result)
> ./stdlib/public/core/ContiguousArrayBuffer.swift: (resultPtr +
> i).initialize(to: _bridgeAnythingToObjectiveC(p[i]))
> ./stdlib/public/core/ContiguousArrayBuffer.swift: p.initialize(to:
> source[i])
> ./stdlib/public/core/ContiguousArrayBuffer.swift: p.initialize(to: element)
> ./stdlib/public/core/ArrayBuffer.swift: result.initialize(to:
> result.pointee)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: target.initialize(to:
> _setDownCast(source.pointee))
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: target.initialize(to:
> result)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: target.initialize(to:
> _dictionaryDownCast(source.pointee))
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: target.initialize(to:
> result)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (keys +
> i).initialize(to: k)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (keys +
> toEntryAt).initialize(to: (from.keys + at).move())
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (keys +
> i).initialize(to: k)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (values +
> i).initialize(to: v)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (keys +
> toEntryAt).initialize(to: (from.keys + at).move())
> ./stdlib/public/core/HashedCollections.swift.gyb: (values +
> toEntryAt).initialize(to: (from.values + at).move())
> ./stdlib/public/core/ReflectionLegacy.swift: out.initialize(to:
> String(reflecting: x))
>
> ./stdlib/public/core/ManagedBuffer.swift: p.headerAddress.initialize(to:
> initHeaderVal)
> ./stdlib/public/core/ManagedBuffer.swift: $0.initialize(to:
> ./stdlib/public/core/ArrayBufferProtocol.swift: (elements +
> j).initialize(to: newValues[i])
> ./stdlib/public/core/Sequence.swift: ptr.initialize(to: x)
> ./stdlib/public/core/HeapBuffer.swift: $0.initialize(to:
> Header(initializer))
> ./stdlib/public/core/UnsafeBitMap.swift: values.initialize(to: 0, count:
> numberOfWords)
> ./stdlib/public/core/String.swift: resultStorage.initialize(to:
> ./test/api-digester/stdlib-stable.json: "printedName":
> "initialize(to:count:)",
> ./test/Generics/slice_test.swift: (newbase + i).initialize(to:
> (base+i).move())
> ./test/Generics/slice_test.swift: (base+length).initialize(to: elem)
> ./test/Parse/pointer_conversion.swift.gyb: p.initialize(to: t)
>
> ./test/stdlib/Reflection.swift:sanePointerString.initialize(to: "Hello panda")
>
> ./test/stdlib/Builtins.swift: (buf + 0).initialize(to: value)
> ./test/stdlib/Builtins.swift: (buf + 1).initialize(to: value)
> ./test/stdlib/Renames.swift: x.initialize(e) // expected-error
> {{'initialize' has been renamed to 'initialize(to:)'}} {{5-15=initialize}}
> {{16-16=to: }} {{none}}
> ./test/stdlib/Renames.swift: x.initialize(with: e) // expected-error
> {{'initialize(with:count:)' has been renamed to 'initialize(to:count:)'}}
> {{5-15=initialize}} {{16-20=to}} {{none}}
> ./test/stdlib/Renames.swift: ptr1.initialize(with: e, count: 1) //
> expected-error {{'initialize(with:count:)' has been renamed to
> 'initialize(to:count:)'}} {{8-18=initialize}} {{19-23=to}} {{none}}
> ./test/Sanitizers/asan.swift:a.initialize(to: 5)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb:
> allocated.initialize(to: 1.0, count: count)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/UnsafeBufferPointer.swift.gyb:
> allocated.initialize(to: 1.0, count: count)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/StringSlicesConcurrentAppend.swift:
> barrierVar!.initialize(to: _stdlib_pthread_barrier_t())
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (_keyVector(layout: layout) + keyCount).initialize(to: key)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (_valueVector(layout: layout) + keyCount).initialize(to: value)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (_valueArray + i).initialize(to: value)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> keyArray.initialize(to: key0)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb: (keyArray
> + 1).initialize(to: key1)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> valueArray.initialize(to: value0)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (valueArray + 1).initialize(to: value1)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb: (_keyArray
> + i).initialize(to: key)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (_valueArray(layout: layout) + i).initialize(to: value)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb: (keyArray
> + layout.keyCount - 1).initialize(to: appendKey)
> ./validation-test/stdlib/Prototypes/PersistentVector.swift.gyb:
> (valueArray + layout.keyCount - 1).initialize(to: appendValue)
> ./validation-test/compiler_crashers_2_fixed/0004-rdar20564605.swift:
> p.initialize(to: element)
> ./validation-test/compiler_crashers_2_fixed/0003-rdar20564378.swift:
> p.initialize(to: element)
> ./validation-test/compiler_crashers_2_fixed/0006-rdar20588474.swift:
> p.initialize(to: element)
> ./validation-test/compiler_crashers_2_fixed/0010-rdar20638881.swift:
> p.initialize(to: element)
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Andrew Trick <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 18, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Taylor Swift <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> > fix the ordering of the arguments in
>> > initializeMemory<Element>(as:at:count:to:)
>>
>> I think this ordering was an attempt to avoid confusion with binding
>> memory where `to` refers to a type. However, it should be consistent
>> with `UnsafePointer.initialize`, so we need to pick one of those to
>> change.
>>
>> This would be a non-issue had we just been consistent with the rest of the
>> stdlib and named this argument `repeating:` instead of `to:`. But
>> `ptr.initialize(repeating: 255, count: 100)` doesn’t read quite as naturally
>> in English as `ptr.initialize(to: 255, count: 100)` which is why I left this
>> idea out of the proposal. Now that you mention the problem with
>> `initializeMemory<Element>(as:at:count:to:)`, it might be a good idea to add
>> this rename back into it.
>
> I think `repeating` is much more clear.
>
> -Andy
>
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