[swift-evolution] Mixins

[James Campbell]

So Mixins are a way of opting in to shared behaviour. 

Think of it as having default implementations for protocols 

So you could have code that handles pagination rather than implement it multiple times you mix it into multiple classes. Ruby and JavaScript support these

But in swift to do this you  have to define a protocol, make your class extend from it and then extend the protocol with some methods 

The downside is this isn't a true mixin implementation as typically Mixins allow you to specific properties. 

So Mixins are closer to extensions with support for properties which you can include to multiple classes 

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> On 23 Dec 2015, at 19:57, Joe Groff <jgroff at apple.com> wrote:
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>> On Dec 23, 2015, at 11:54 AM, James Campbell via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> Mixins would be a great addition instead of having to define a protocol and then extending it 
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> Mixins are a vague term. What exactly do you propose?
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> -Joe