<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="direction: inherit;">That particular issue we could plaster over with generics. In general it is because we don't have bridging on Linux.</div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 8, 2016, at 8:36 AM, Pushkar N Kulkarni <<a href="mailto:pushkar.nk@in.ibm.com">pushkar.nk@in.ibm.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div>Hi Tony/Philippe, </div><div><br></div><div>There've been a few bug reports related to the coercion problems between Swift and Foundation types on Linux. For example this one: <a href="https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2477" target="_blank">https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-2477</a> (Double/Int don't coerce with NSNumber on Linux). </div><div><br></div><div>Is there any general approach you'd suggest to work around this coercion limitation on Linux?<br><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><font><font><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-style: normal;"><br><font face="Sans Serif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Pushkar N Kulkarni,</font></div>
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