[swift-evolution] Referencing zero-parameter functions

Jordan Rose jordan_rose at apple.com
Thu May 5 12:16:58 CDT 2016


> On May 5, 2016, at 10:03, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> On May 5, 2016, at 8:59 AM, Alex Hoppen via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> Say you have the function `foo() -> Int`. Then `foo()` calls `foo` and returns its return value of type `Int` – not a reference to the function of type `Void -> Int`. 
> 
> Right.
> 
> That said, what is wrong with just “foo”?

As pointed out in the original post, that can refer to both ‘foo()’ and ‘foo(bar:)’ today.

Jordan



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