[swift-evolution] Allow let binding of non-optionals

[Gwendal Roué]

+1.

`if let` does two things: 1. unwrap the optional, 2. define a new variable, scoped to the `if` statement.

Sometimes we don’t need the unwrapping, but we’d like the new, temporary, scoped variable.

Gwendal


> Le 7 janv. 2016 à 07:40, Russ Bishop via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
> 
> I often want to bind variables to a specific scope, or perhaps I have three optionals I want to bind and one non-optional. (Often I need that non-optional value as part of a where condition check but not being able to bind it means I leak the variable to the outer scope).
> 
> Not being able to bind non-optionals breaks the flow of the code and forces me to make a minor context switch when it really doesn’t matter, nor does it aid code clarity.  
> 
> 
> Does anyone have strong thoughts about this? I tried searching the evolution repo and the mailing list and didn’t see anything.
> 
> 
> —russ
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