[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0018 Flexible Memberwise Initialization

[Matthew Johnson]

> On Jan 7, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016, at 11:23 AM, Alex Johnson via swift-evolution wrote:
>> Meanwhile, back on the topic of the "..." placeholder.
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>> For me, it boils down to:
>> The addition of the "memberwise" keyword and associated behavior would stand on it's own, without the inclusion of the "..." placeholder syntax. (IMO)
>> Omitting the "..." placeholder syntax now wouldn't prevent it from being added later.
>> If you agree with those statements, then the principle of "smallest, incremental change <https://swift.org/contributing/#incremental-development>" [swift.org <http://swift.org/>] seems to imply that the placeholder should be removed from this proposal.
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>> That's my opinion. Does the rest of the community feel that the "..." placeholder is a necessary part of this proposal?
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> Yes, I feel that the "..." placeholder is necessary. I cannot support a proposal that results in
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> memberwise init() {}
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> because that initializer very clearly takes no arguments! The "..." serves as a visual indicator for where the arguments go and I think that's important.

I agree.  As soon as the idea of a placeholder was mentioned I immediately liked it.  It is much more clear that additional parameters are synthesized.

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> Also, and though this isn't explicitly spelled out in the proposal it seems like a reasonable assumption to make, the existence of "..." lets me put it somewhere other than at the end of the arguments list, e.g.
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> memberwise init(..., foo: String) {}

Yes, you will be able to do this.  I didn’t provide and example of this but it is spelled out in the detail design.

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> -Kevin Ballard
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