[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0089: Renaming String.init<T>(_: T)

[plx]

> On May 19, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> on Tue May 17 2016, Chris Lattner <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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>> Hello Swift community,
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>> The review of "SE-0089: Renaming String.init<T>(_: T)" begins now and
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>> 	https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0089-rename-string-reflection-init.md
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> I'm posting this on behalf of Dmitri Gribenko, and Max Moiseev, and
> myself.
> 
> We would like to accept the proposal with one modification: rather than
> add an argument label, we'd like to drop the String initializer
> altogether, making `"\(expression)"` the standard way to get a string
> representation of `expression`.

Is there some performance-driven motivation here, or is this just aesthetics?

I ask b/c not having a name for this "initializer" here would seem mildly annoying and asymmetric vis-a-vis `String.init(reflecting:)`; sure, I can always add an equivalent with a name, but I’m curious if there’s an argument-from-functionality for the removal.

Also FWIW I like the idea to use `init(describing:)`, although it’s still a bit quirky when put side-by-side with `init(reflecting:)` (since it doesn’t really capture the heart of the distinction between the two, IMHO).

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> Thanks,
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> -Dave
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