[swift-evolution] [pitch] Eliminate the "T1 -> T2" syntax, require "(T1) -> T2"

davesweeris at mac.com davesweeris at mac.com
Fri Apr 15 00:50:36 CDT 2016


> On Apr 15, 2016, at 12:40 AM, John McCall via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 14, 2016, at 10:28 PM, Chris Lattner <clattner at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> In many places in the Swift grammar we aim for consistency, even if it means a bit more punctuation in specific cases.
> 
> This is not greatly in evidence.  We have a lot of special-case syntax.

I could’ve sworn I saw “getting rid of special-case syntax” as a general goal somewhere. Maybe I’m thinking of something else.

- Dave Sweeris


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