[swift-corelibs-dev] Coercion problems on Linux

[Philippe Hausler]

That particular issue we could plaster over with generics. In general it is because we don't have bridging on Linux.

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> On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:36 AM, Pushkar N Kulkarni <pushkar.nk at in.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tony/Philippe, 
> 
> There've been a few bug reports related to the coercion problems between Swift and Foundation types on Linux. For example this one: https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2477 (Double/Int don't coerce with NSNumber on Linux). 
> 
> Is there any general approach you'd suggest to work around this coercion limitation on Linux?
> 
> Pushkar N Kulkarni,
> IBM Runtimes
> 
> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability - Edsger W. Dijkstra
> 
> 
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