[swift-evolution] Allowing `guard let self = self else { … }` for weakly captured self in a closure.
Jordan Rose
jordan_rose at apple.com
Tue Jan 5 18:20:01 CST 2016
This has come up before, in a thread called "Proposal: weakStrong self in completion handler closures". I'm still not 100% happy with the syntax, but I like that "guard let" can handle non-Void non-Optional returns well, while 'weakStrong' cannot.
Jordan
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 16:02, Hoon H. via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> Currently, weakly captured `self` cannot be bound to `guard let …` with same name, and emits a compiler error.
>
> class Foo {
> func test2(f: ()->()) {
> // …
> }
> func test1() {
> test2 { [weak self] in
> guard let self = self else { return } // Error.
> print(self)
> }
> }
> }
>
> Do we have any reason to disallow making `self` back to strong reference? It’d be nice if I can do it. Please consider this case.
>
> class Foo {
> func getValue1() -> Int {
> return 1234
> }
> func test3(value: Int) {
> print(value)
> }
> func test2(f: ()->()) {
> // …
> }
> func test1() {
> test2 { [weak self] in
> self?.test3(self?.getValue1()) // Doesn't work because it's not unwrapped.
>
> self!.test3(self!.getValue1()) // Considered harmful due to `!`.
>
> guard self != nil else { return }
> self!.test3(self!.getValue1()) // OK, but still looks and feels harmful.
>
> guard let self1 = self else { return }
> self1.test3(self1.getValue1()) // OK, but feels ugly due to unnecessary new name `self1`.
>
> guard let self = self else { return }
> self.test3(self.getValue1()) // OK.
>
> }
> }
> }
>
> This also can be applied to `if let` or same sort of constructs.
>
> Even further, we can consider removing required reference to `self` after `guard let …` if appropriate.
>
> guard let self = self else { return }
> test3(getValue1()) // Referencing to `self` would not be required anymore. Seems arguable.
>
> I think this is almost fine because users have to express their intention explicitly with `guard` statement. If someone erases the `guard` later, compiler will require explicit self again, and that will prevent mistakes. But still, I am not sure this removal would be perfectly fine.
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> I am not sure whether this is already supported or planned. But lacked at least in Swift 2.1.1.
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> — Hoon H.
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