For me, a noun is a property, a verb is a method. So `foo` is a property,
`calculateFoo()` is a method.
For your specific question, `func signum() -> Self` returns `Self`, which
can't be used in property.
`var signum:Self { return self }` will generate an error "'Self' is only
available in a protocol or as the result of a method in a class".
So computed property can't be used here.
Zhao Xin
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Jens Persson via swift-users <
swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
> Why is eg the BinaryInteger.signum() a method and not a computed property?
>
> public protocol BinaryInteger … {
> /// Returns `-1` if this value is negative and `1` if it's positive;
> /// otherwise, `0`.
> ///
> /// - Returns: The sign of this number, expressed as an integer of the
> same
> /// type.
> public func signum() -> Self
> }
>
> The Swift API Design Guidelines doesn't say very much about computed
> property vs method with no arguments, but it seems like signum() violates
> them, no?
>
> /Jens
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