[swift-evolution] Proposal: Support constant expressions in enum case raw values.
Chris Lattner
clattner at apple.com
Thu Dec 31 15:52:24 CST 2015
> On Dec 31, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> Example:
>
> enum A : [Int] {
> case B = [1,2,3]
> }
>
>
> Currently, the following error occurs: "raw value for enum case must be a literal”
A more typically requested example is “case B = 1+2”.
Swift currently has no notion of a “constant expression”. Once it does, implementing this sort of feature is reasonable, but we need to design out “computed lets” and “pure functions” first.
-Chris
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