[swift-evolution] Reconsidering SE-0003 Removing var from Function Parameters and Pattern Matching

[Erica Sadun]

Only in conditional binding, to clearly differentiate it from non-conditional binding. One of these things unwraps optionals. One of these does not. They both use the same keyword. It's a stumbling block for a lot of new devs.

And I like where Jacob took it too.

-- E

> On Jan 28, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Joe Groff <jgroff at apple.com> wrote:
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>> On Jan 28, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:
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>> Do you realize how much confusion it would save if Swift just went with
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>> if bind foo = bar {...}
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>> with let semantics? 
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> I don't see how changing the keyword changes anything, no.
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> -Joe