[swift-evolution] [RFC] #Self

Timothy Wood tjw at me.com
Tue May 10 11:41:25 CDT 2016


> On May 10, 2016, at 9:28 AM, Matthew Johnson <matthew at anandabits.com> wrote:
> Yep, understood.  It's perfectly clear to me but I understand why Chris is concerned about it having potential to confuse people.  It is a pretty subtle difference especially since Self and #Self are the same in some contexts.  In any case, I would be content to live with any name that wins out.

Ah, OK -- it sounds like we just differ on what would be least confusing =)

The other proposed name of #StaticSelf, seems like it would be very clear (if a bit redundant and longer than needed, once you’ve come across it once or twice). I could certainly live with #StaticSelf.

-tim



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