[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0065 A New Model for Collections and Indices

[Dave Abrahams]

on Sun Apr 10 2016, Jacob Bandes-Storch <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> Minor questions after initial read-through:
>
> - Should the comment on {index,formIndex}(_:stepsFrom:) say what happens if the
> resulting index would be out of bounds? 

I don't think we should ever specify what happens when preconditions are
violated.  That brings into question how to evaluate the correctness of
a program.  If the behavior is specified, the program has every right to
depend on that behavior, and then it's meaningless to say “you violated a
precondition, so the program is broken.”

> Can these functions return Optional values, or can they be `throws`?

No, precondition violations should never be treated as conditions from
which execution can continue.

> - Can {index,formIndex}(_:stepsFrom:) be combined with the limitedBy: versions,
> such that the limit is an optional parameter with default value nil? For
> example:

No, due to language limitations: you can't put default arguments in
protocol requirements.

>
>
> public func index(n: IndexDistance, stepsFrom i: Index, limitedBy limit: Index?
> = nil)
>
> Jacob
>
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>         On Apr 10, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Chris Lattner
>         <clattner at apple.com> wrote:
>
>         Hello Swift community,
>
>         The review of "A New Model for Collections and Indices" begins now and
>         runs through April 18th. The proposal is available here:
>
>     The correct link is:
>     https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0065-collections-move-indices.md
>
>     -Chris
>
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Dave