[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Replace 'inout' with '&'

[Joe Groff]

> On Dec 19, 2015, at 4:10 PM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:
> 
> What would the ramifications of the following be? Each addresses the "confusable with labeling" issue but preserve the inout keyword.
> 
> func foo(x: inout Int)
> func foo(x: @inout(Int))
> func foo(x: @inout Int)
> 
> Is there an underlying reason that parameter modification should live on the name side rather than the type side of the colon? They aren't really modifying the name
> 
> -- Erica, inexperienced with Rust

Putting `inout` after the colon feels good to me. Like Jordan said, it meshes better with the type syntax, (inout Int) -> (), too.

-Joe

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