[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0066: Standardize function type argument syntax to require parentheses

[Gwendal Roué]

Hello,

Here are two things to improve the proposal and make it more clear:

I'd like the Motivation section to be much more explicit. I get the argument of ambiguity, OK, but I don't see the problems it creates. I personally did not have any trouble yet, and this section does not enlighten me. Do we create problems out of thin air, here?

The History section looks irrelevant to me: the visible shape of a language does not have to reflect its inner implementation.

Gwendal Roué



> Le 26 avr. 2016 à 06:22, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
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> Hello Swift community,
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> The review of SE-0066 "Standardize function type argument syntax to require parentheses" begins now and runs through May 2, 2016. The proposal is available here:
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> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0066-standardize-function-type-syntax.md
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