[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0016 - Adding initializers to Int and UInt to convert from UnsafePointer and UnsafeMutablePointer

[Daniel Vollmer]

> 	* What is your evaluation of the proposal?

+1

> 	* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?

Yes, the current-state leaves one unable to do certain things in pure Swift (e.g. tagged pointers) that are clearly useful on occasion.

> 	* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?

I do think from the alternatives mentioned that the suggested approach is the cleanest. This sort of programming clearly belongs in the “unsafe” corner, but that doesn’t mean one shouldn’t be able to express these sorts of things in Swift.

> 	* If you have you used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?

I have not used any aspiring system programming languages that didn’t allow manipulating pointers as integer values.

> 	* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?

A quick read of the proposal.


	Daniel.