[swift-evolution] Proposal: Initialization should not be required in precondition(false) case.
Amir Michail
a.michail at me.com
Thu Feb 18 16:21:42 CST 2016
> On Feb 18, 2016, at 4:52 PM, Thorsten Seitz <tseitz42 at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> Am 12.02.2016 um 18:26 schrieb Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org>:
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>>> How far would you require the compiler to go? precondition(2 < 1)?
>>> precondition(someFunctionThatAlwaysReturnsFalse())?
>>> precondition(isFermatsLastTheoremTrue())?
>>
>> Just “false”. Why would you write anything else?
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> Why would you write anything else than preconditionFailure()??
Everyone knows about “false” but not everyone knows about preconditionFailure().
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> -Thorsten
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