[swift-evolution] [Idea] if let value!

[Johan Jensen]

This was one of the first and most commonly suggested ideas, when the Swift
Evolution mailing list first started.
Chris Lattner sums it up
<https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-evolution/Week-of-Mon-20151214/003546.html>
in one of those threads:

> This is commonly requested - the problem is that while it does help
reduce boilerplate, it runs counter to the goal of improving clarity.

— Johan

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:43 PM, Vladimir.S via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> It is common to shadow optional value name with unwrapped value with same
> name:
>
> if let someGoodValue = someGoodValue {...}
>
> What if we'll have a syntax to not repeat the variable name to achieve the
> same target:
>
> if let someGoodValue! {...}
>
> What do you think?
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