[swift-evolution] [Review] Add a Lazy flatMap for Sequences of Optionals

[Dave Abrahams]

> On Dec 16, 2015, at 10:15 AM, Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Donnacha Oisín Kidney <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
> Now that I think about it, of course CollectionOfZeroOrOne would (or Optional) have a random access index. I’ll update the proposal to include that.
> 
> I really like the CollectionOfZeroOrOne solution. The semantics and types certainly make more sense. I’m not sure that it reduces the amount of code, though: the three extensions are still needed, plus an extra struct. (I suppose that’s not counting the extra version of LazyFilterCollection. Am I right in saying that that is intended to be added?)

I'm not sure I understand why we need another version of LazyFilterCollection.  Can you explain?

> Here’s what I have for the collection (I tried to mimic the standard library’s CollectionOfOne):
> 
> public struct CollectionOfZeroOrOne<Element> : CollectionType {
> 
> [...]
> }
> 
> Does that seem reasonable?
> 
> It looks reasonable, but I don't understand why adding CollectionOfZeroOrOne improves the API.  Dave?

It doesn't.  I think it improves code reuse, and gives people an adapter to use when they want to pass an Optional where a Collection or Sequence is required.

> 
> Dmitri
>  
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-Dave



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