[swift-evolution] Keyword Discoverability

[Howard Lovatt]

I would prefer library functions rather than language constructs, basically if in doubt but it in the library rather than a language construct. Library functions are much easier to discover and document.

> On 4 Jan 2016, at 9:43 PM, John Joyce via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all
> 
> It feels like Swift has some risk of going the direction of C++ at times. By that I mean complexity creep. 
> Increasingly nuanced scoping results in more keywords and constructs. 
> Useful and good but increasingly complex and steepening learning curve. 
> 
> I'd like to kick off discussion of ways to increase discoverability. 
> 
> One thought is tools.  
> In thinking about contextual completions like Xcode's Open Quickly or the universal field thing in Sublime, it sure seems like some way to invoke a list of keywords and constructs available-in-the-current-scope would be helpful. 
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
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