[swift-evolution] [Pitch] merge types and protocols back together with type<Type, Protocol, ...>

[Vladimir.S]

Btw, if we'd have separate class<> and struct<> - we'd be able to have 
method to separate reference type from value type.

We can write now : print(c is protocol<>)

and we'd can:

print(c is class<>)
print(c is struct<>)

Just thoughts..

On 13.05.2016 20:04, Vladimir.S wrote:
> On 13.05.2016 19:38, Adrian Zubarev via swift-evolution wrote:
>> Why would you want to add all of these different formats where only one
>> could serve them all. This is redundant in my opinion.
>>
>> `struct<>` and `enum<>` would have same rules, only the first element would
>> be a different value-type. I might consider this as an alternative.
>>
>
> Actually, I fully support your idea and strongly +1 for `type<>` keyword. I
> don't believe it will confuse anyone as protocol<> does not confuse currently.
>
> But as I can see, the community(or core team) is strongly against of using
> `type` keyword.
> So, we have situation : protocol<> and .. all<> ? Will all<> include
> protocols also? Probably I'd support to remove protocol<> and introduce
> just all<> for all :-) But if we have protocol<> and can't have type<> - I
> asked why we can't for clarity and consistency have class<> struct<>