<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello Swift Community,</div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The review of SE-0163: "String Revision: Collection Conformance, C Interop, Transcoding</span><font face="-apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif" class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"</font><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> begins now and runs through May 15th, 2017.</span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The first version of this proposal was accepted with revisions. The proposed revisions were just a few additions that were publicly requested and agreed to during the first review, and this would not </span><span style="font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">normally</span><span style="font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">require a full second review. However, as we worked to implement the proposal, several minor naming changes suggested themselves that had not been previously discussed. The Core Team felt that the most conscientious approach would be to submit the whole proposal for a short re-review.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">The most noticeable change is that the Core Team feels StringProtocol would be a better name for the protocol unifying String and Substring. Unicode was felt to be slightly intimidating. Not using Unicode as the protocol name also has the benefit of allowing it to be used as a namespace to house Unicode-related types.</div><div class=""><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The proposal is available here:</p><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0163-string-revision-1.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0163-string-revision-1.md</a></div></div><div class=""><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at:</p><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution" class="">https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution</a></p><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">or, if you would like to keep your feedback private, directly to the review manager. </p><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When replying, please try to keep the proposal link at the top of the message:</p><blockquote class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; border-left-width: 4px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 0px 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 id="toc_0" class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; cursor: text; position: relative; font-size: 18px;">Proposal link:</h3><div class=""><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0163-string-revision-1.md" class="">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0163-string-revision-1.md</a></div><div class=""><h3 id="toc_1" class="" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; cursor: text; position: relative; font-size: 18px;"><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Reply text</div><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br class=""></div><blockquote class="" style="font-weight: normal; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px 1em; color: rgb(106, 115, 125); border-left-width: 0.25em; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(223, 226, 229); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px;"><div class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Other replies</div></blockquote></h3><h5 class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 0.875em; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(36, 41, 46); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><a id="user-content-what-goes-into-a-review-1" class="anchor" href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution#what-goes-into-a-review-1" aria-hidden="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(3, 102, 214); text-decoration: none; float: left; padding-right: 4px; margin-left: -20px; line-height: 1;"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="octicon octicon-link" height="16" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16"><path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M4 9h1v1H4c-1.5 0-3-1.69-3-3.5S2.55 3 4 3h4c1.45 0 3 1.69 3 3.5 0 1.41-.91 2.72-2 3.25V8.59c.58-.45 1-1.27 1-2.09C10 5.22 8.98 4 8 4H4c-.98 0-2 1.22-2 2.5S3 9 4 9zm9-3h-1v1h1c1 0 2 1.22 2 2.5S13.98 12 13 12H9c-.98 0-2-1.22-2-2.5 0-.83.42-1.64 1-2.09V6.25c-1.09.53-2 1.84-2 3.25C6 11.31 7.55 13 9 13h4c1.45 0 3-1.69 3-3.5S14.5 6 13 6z"></path></svg></a></h5></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><h3 id="toc_2" class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; cursor: text; position: relative; font-size: 18px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">What goes into a review?</h3><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and, eventually, determine the direction of Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:</p><ul class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; padding-left: 30px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;">What is your evaluation of the proposal?</li><li class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;">Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?</li><li class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;">Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?</li><li class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;">If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?</li><li class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 0px;">How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?</li></ul><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">More information about the Swift evolution process is available at:</p><p class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; margin: 15px 0px; font-family: -apple-system-body, Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md" class="" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; color: rgb(65, 131, 196);">https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/process.md</a></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">John McCall</div><div class="">Review Manager</div></body></html>