[swift-evolution] deployment targets and frameworks

[Drew Crawford]

> On Apr 5, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Douglas Gregor <dgregor at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> I would not want this to be implicit behavior: it should be recorded in the source with, e.g.,
> 
> 	@availability(iOS: 9.3) import YourCustomFramework
> 
> so that it is clear that the imported declarations are only available on iOS 9.3 or newer.
> 
> 	- Doug

Would you promote using this syntax for the Apple frameworks as well?

A major goal for me is syntax consistency between Apple's and third-party frameworks.  That way the knowledge of how to use one transfers to the other, and we ensure people with fresh ideas about how to build frameworks are not burdened with educating application developers about "novel" import syntax.

From consulting the table <https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Miscellaneous/Conceptual/iPhoneOSTechOverview/iPhoneOSFrameworks/iPhoneOSFrameworks.html>, developers with a DT of 7.0 (which is the oldest Swift supports) would need to add e.g. @availability(iOS 8.0, *) import CloudKit for a few frameworks, but that seems like a pretty easy change.
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