[swift-evolution] Proposal: Replace ?? by an (optional) argument to ?

[Kevin Ballard]

Correction: `x` has type `((Bool) -> Void)?`.

-Kevin Ballard

> On Jan 31, 2016, at 5:05 PM, Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> This change as proposed is impossible. The syntax `x?(false)` already has a well-defined and necessary meaning, which is optional chaining on function application. By that I mean that if `x` has the type `(Bool) -> Void` then invoking it looks exactly like `x?(false)`. You often see this in code that invokes `optional` delegate methods or optional completion blocks.
> 
> Furthermore, I think the ?? operator is already great and does something unique enough to warrant its own syntax.
> 
> -Kevin Ballard
> 
>> On Jan 25, 2016, at 6:03 PM, Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Examples:
>> 
>> * instead of x ?? false, you would have x?(false)
>> * instead of x?.isEmpty ?? false, you would have x?(false).isEmpty
>> 
>> I think this change would result in cleaner looking code.
>> 
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