[swift-evolution] [SE-0011] Re-considering the replacement keyword for "typealias"

Chris Lattner clattner at apple.com
Wed Dec 23 14:35:13 CST 2015


> On Dec 23, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:
> 
> And what are your feelings about: typestandin, typeplaceholder, or adoptedtype? How would you describe the functionality of these members if you weren't looking for a keyword?

These don’t really speak to me, just because they aren’t the terminology that people use to refer to these.  “standin” and “placeholder” are also pretty vacuous.

-Chris


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