[swift-evolution] [Proposal] Partial initializers

[Austin Zheng]

I feel like "macro system" is probably the right way to approach features
whose purpose is to help developers not write boilerplate.

I know we have a philosophy that warns us to not allow the idea of macro
system to become a crutch that precludes us designing features well. I
think the opposite also applies - if there's something that's a good fit
for a macro system, it probably makes sense to defer it rather than trying
to add it in as language syntax and features that can't pay for themselves
in terms of complexity.

Best,
Austin


On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:48 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2016, at 9:20 PM, Slava Pestov <spestov at apple.com> wrote:
>
>
> I’m not sold on the notion of partial initializers in the first place, but
> if we were to go down this path, the approach of nailing down the exact
> initialization behavior and requirements of the partial initializer - and
> making it part of its explicitly declared interface - is the right way to
> go.
>
>
> Fair enough. I’m also worried about the prospect of adding even more
> complexity — and syntax — to Swift’s initializer model. My hope is that we
> can map this to existing language features somehow, or combine this with
> some other simplification of the initializer model so that the net
> complexity gain is not too high. But since I don’t have any concrete
> suggestions at this point, I’ll stay quiet for a while ;-)
>
>
> Macro system? :-)
>
> -Chris
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