[swift-evolution] [Draft] Unify "import Darwin/Glibc" to simply "Libc"
Joe Groff
jgroff at apple.com
Tue Mar 8 13:35:11 CST 2016
> On Mar 8, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Brian Pratt via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> I'm definitely a big +1 on this -- and pretty much any other suggestion that makes Swift code more portable and sets up a simple interface so that other platforms can be supported without the addition of more code.
>
> A few thoughts to add:
> - there are differences (minor, but still) between Glibc and Darwin. Those should be either unified (if possible) or re-arranged so that the unified library shares unified functionality and then each separate one can have its own set of caveats.
>
> - I like `import System` myself, for the reasons you mentioned (conveys LibC+POSIX combo)
This would be problematic for non-POSIX platforms, like Windows. (iOS and Android are also limited in POSIX-ness in various ways.)
-Joe
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