[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0022: Referencing the Objective-C selector of a method

[Chris Lattner]

> On Jan 21, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Jordan Rose via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>>> 
>>> I think that #selector is workable and fits into the model - it would be simple to implement and not cause unnecessary complexity in the implementation.
>>> 
>>> That said, I’m in favor of x.selector, or #selector(x).  The former seems more syntactically elegant if it is practical.
>> 
>> The latter gives us easy extensions like
>> 
>> 	#selector(getter: MyType.property)
>> 	#selector(setter: MyType.property)
>> 
>> #selector is sorta growing on me.
> 
> +1 from me. At this point in Swift's evolution, the # feels like "invoke compiler substitution logic here”.

I agree.  Along those lines, we could consider renaming __LINE__ and friends to #LINE

-Chris
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