[swift-evolution] [swift-evolution-announce] [Review] SE-0095: Replace `protocol<P1, P2>` syntax with `P1 & P2`

[L. Mihalkovic]

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LM
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> On Jun 24, 2016, at 5:55 AM, Jordan Rose via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> [Proposal: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0095-any-as-existential.md ]
> 
> I’ve gone on record before as against this syntax, although when I set out earlier today to record my usual rebuttal I found that it really was mostly a matter of taste. Yes, this looks weird to me:
> 
> let callback: (Data) -> NSCoding & NSCopying
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> but I’m sure the infix ‘->’ for functions looked weird to everyone the first time they saw it as well, and it really is pretty clear in argument position.
> 
> However, I did remember one issue, which was brought up on the previous mega-thread: if we do want to generalize protocol values, we’re going to want something that’s essentially “a type with a ‘where’ clauses in it”. I really don’t want to force people to use a typealias to spell such a type, but at the same time I want that where clause to be clearly attached to the type. (As brought up before the return position of a function is currently ambiguous with SE-0081.)
> 
> Despite the lightweightedness and the well-prepared proposal by Adrian and Austin, the lack of bracketing <> () {} [] leads me to maintain my stance against the proposed syntax.

This is another way to generalize P&Q compositions that opens another way to specify WHERE

https://gist.github.com/lmihalkovic/68c321ea7ffe27e553e37b794309b051

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