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

[Tyler Fleming Cloutier]

I’m going to play Devil’s advocate here and ask why not just pull out the parens for function types?

Int, Int -> Int // Two argument function type
(Int, Int) -> Int // Single tuple argument function type

vs

(Int, Int) -> Int // Two argument function type
((Int, Int)) -> Int // Single tuple argument function type

I’ll admit that

let x: Int, Int -> Int 

looks okay, but 

let x: arg1: Int, arg2: Int -> Int

does not look great compared to

let x: (arg1: Int, arg2: Int) -> Int


However, I don’t think it’s an inconsistent rule to require parenthesis when argument labels are specified. Indeed, this behavior is perfectly consistent with current closure syntax.  e.g. { x, y -> Int in /* code */ }

Named tuples would be:

let x: ((arg1: Int, arg2: Int)) -> Int

Which has the double parens, but this is a more infrequent situation.

Tyler


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