Right, SE-0067 included that initializer with the caveat that implementation 
wouldn't be possible until the integer protocols were revised. As far as I can 
see, that makes this a fix that wouldn't need further SE discussion. (The 
generic init(exactly:) needs an implementation, too.)

https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0067-floating-point-protocols.md

Nate

> On Jan 1, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> 
> This would be a good addition to the BinaryFloatingPoint protocol. It's not 
> difficult to implement; it's not present (afaict) simply because 
> BinaryFloatingPoint was designed before BinaryInteger existed.
> 
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 3:58 PM, Kelvin Ma via swift-evolution 
>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>> title says it all,, this is kind of annoying when writing some generic 
>> FloatingPoint code where both the integral and floating parameters are 
>> unfixed.
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