[swift-dev] SR-122 / CollectionsMoveIndices.swift Prototype

[Dave Abrahams]

on Mon Apr 11 2016, Shawn Erickson <shawnce-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:42 AM Dave Abrahams <dabrahams at apple.com> wrote:
>
>     on Mon Apr 11 2016, Shawn Erickson <shawnce-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     > Anything to attempt on strings? I see you are considering consolidating
>     down to
>     > a single index type for those, etc. Of course you also imply a large
>     string
>     > rework that may happen in the future.
>
>     Yes, Strings need the same treatment (though it may be a bit simpler
>     since one doesn't have to unwind the broken double-indirection hack
>     mentioned in the paper).
>
> I was going to start working on String indices since I had some changes stashed
> from a while back that make still make sense. Then I could likely help with
> building out tests as well. Would want to coordinate that with folks some how.

Dmitri can give you great guidance about testing.

-- 
Dave