[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0084: Allow trailing commas in parameter lists and tuples

[David Owens II]

What is your evaluation of the proposal?
+1. Commas are already redundant syntax to provide additional clarity over spaces in nearly all use cases. Being strict on this provides no material benefit. On the other hand, being super strict about this does have measurable, real-world impacts. I can provide examples of days of build time and breaking change back-outs because C++ lacks this very feature.

Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?
Yes.

Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?
Yes

If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?
Yes. It scales well to large team sizes as well, especially within the context of merging code together. The code that used trailing commas never has potentially build breaking merges in this same context. However, when merging C or C++ code, this is often a headache to deal with this.

How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?
I’ve read the proposal and used languages both with and without this feature.

-David

> On May 10, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> Hello Swift community,
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> The review of "SE-0084: Allow trailing commas in parameter lists and tuples" begins now and runs through May 16. The proposal is available here:
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> 	https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0084-trailing-commas.md
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> Reviews are an important part of the Swift evolution process. All reviews should be sent to the swift-evolution mailing list at
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> The goal of the review process is to improve the proposal under review through constructive criticism and contribute to the direction of Swift. When writing your review, here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:
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> 	* What is your evaluation of the proposal?
> 	* Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?
> 	* Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?
> 	* If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?
> 	* How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?
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