[swift-evolution] [Accepted] SE-0059: Update API Naming Guidelines and Rewrite Set APIs Accordingly

[Vladimir.S]

On 21.04.2016 6:57, Douglas Gregor wrote:
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>> On Apr 19, 2016, at 12:41 AM, Vladimir.S <svabox at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Just wanted to go back to
>> Apply API Guidelines to the Standard Library  SE-0006
>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0006-apply-api-guidelines-to-the-standard-library.md
>> for a second.
>>
>> Just found out that this code is working in 3.0(mar 24):
>> var z1 = [3,2,1]
>> let z2 = z1.sort() // mutating method!
>> print(z2) // => ()
>>
>> so.. is this a final implementation or we are expecting to have a lot of hard-to-find errors in our Swift 3.0 code if code written for previous Swift will be used(private lib/snippet/etc)?
>>
>> Also, just interesting, are we all expecting libs like RxSwift and ReacriveCocoa will rename their methods accordingly to names changed in Swift 3.0?
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> It definitely seems reasonable for us to warn on this kind of example, e.g., placing a Void result of a call to a mutating method in a variable. Can you file a ticket a bugs.swift.org? It would be a great starter bug.
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> 	- Doug


Ticket created. SR-1288

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>>
>> On 19.04.2016 0:18, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution wrote:
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>>> Proposal
>>> link: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0059-updated-set-apis.md
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Swift Community,
>>>
>>> The review of SE-0059 "Update API Naming Guidelines and Rewrite Set APIs
>>> Accordingly” ran from March 31...April 5, 2016. The proposal is *accepted*.
>>>
>>> There was much debate, both before and during the review, over the
>>> “InPlace” suffix/ “form” prefix, and at this point any answer will be
>>> objectionable to some. The core team has opted to accept the proposal
>>> as-is, keeping the “form” prefix to describe the mutating counterpart to an
>>> operation naturally described by a noun (e.g., “formUnion” for the mutating
>>> variant of “union”), for the reasons described in the proposal itself.
>>> Thanks all for the spirited discussion!
>>>
>>> - Doug
>>>
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