[swift-evolution] Request: Multiple Bool signatures

Rudolf Adamkovic salutis at me.com
Mon Mar 28 14:38:18 CDT 2016


FYI, looking at my code, the most common use-case is:

func setSomething(something: Bool, animated: Bool)

R+

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> On 25 Mar 2016, at 23:33, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> I am looking for examples of method/function signatures that use multiple Boolean flags, e.g.
> 
> func generateContact(withAddress: Bool, withEmail: Bool, withPhone: Bool) -> Customer // not my code
> 
> If you have app code or library code around that you can check, I would greatly appreciate if you can share signatures with me or just generally comment on how often this pattern shows up in your daily life. I am specifically looking for: use of two or more separate Boolean parameters passed as flags. 
> 
> I would also welcome examples of option sets that replaced Boolean flags with a note as to whether that option set type is used elsewhere in your app.
> 
> I am following up to an action item that Brent Royal-Gordon mentioned on-list a while back but I want real supporting motivating code evidence before I move forward with a draft proposal.
> 
> Feel free to email me off-list. Thank you,  -- Erica
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