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

[Erica Sadun]

+1 to setting __LINE__ (and friends) free of their unsightly upper snake case. They look like boa constrictors trying to digest a fully-swallowed keyword.

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> On Jan 21, 2016, at 10:04 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> On Jan 21, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Jordan Rose via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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>>>> 
>>>> 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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