[swift-evolution] Allowing `guard let self = self else { ... }` for weakly captured self in a closure.

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

Yes, it seems to use the strong shadowing variable. (The compiler doesn't
complain about "self.foo", and "self?.foo" becomes invalid because self is
no longer optional.)

If it weren't so useful, I'd call it a bug.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Greg Parker <gparker at apple.com> wrote:

> Does further use of self after that actually use a strong shadowing
> variable? Or does it go back to the weak reference it already had as if the
> shadow were not there?
>
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 8:26 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> Wow! I didn't know that worked. It's a bit surprising, and perhaps not
> intended. I think the proposal is still valid.
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 8:21 PM, Christopher Rogers <
> christorogers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can shadow self with a guard like you wrote it if use the keyword
>> escaping backquotes like so:
>>
>> guard let `self` = self else { return }
>
>
>
>
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