[swift-evolution] C-style For Loops

[Eric Chamberlain]

We’ve developed a number of Swift apps for various clients over the past year and have not needed C style for loops either.

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Eric Chamberlain, Lead Architect - iOS
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> On Dec 3, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Andy Matuschak <andy at andymatuschak.org> wrote:
> 
> Just checked; ditto Khan Academy.
> 
>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Keith Smiley <keithbsmiley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For what it's worth we don't have a single C style for loop in the Lyft
>> codebase.
>> 
>> --
>> Keith Smiley
>> 
>> On 12/03, Douglas Gregor wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 3:32 PM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Does Swift still needs C-style for loops with conditions and incrementers? 
>>>> 
>>>> <Screen Shot 2015-12-03 at 4.30.15 PM.png>
>>>> 
>>>> More Swift-like construction is already available with for-in-statements and stride. 
>>>> This would naturally starve the most common point for -- and ++ operators as well.
>>> 
>>> My intuition *completely* agrees that Swift no longer needs C-style for loops. We have richer, better-structured looping and functional algorithms. That said, one bit of data I’d like to see is how often C-style for loops are actually used in Swift. It’s something a quick crawl through Swift sources on GitHub could establish. If the feature feels anachronistic and is rarely used, it’s a good candidate for removal.
>>> 
>>> 	- Doug
>>> 
>>> 
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