[swift-evolution] RFC: didset and willset

[Ricardo Parada]

Correction. I meant lowerCamelCase not CamelCase. 

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> On May 20, 2016, at 7:18 PM, Ricardo Parada via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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> If I remember correctly the property behaviors proposal it seemed that accessors such as willSet, didSet, willRead, etc. were being called.  I look at them at the same level as instance methods, properties, etc. and should follow camelCase. Not to mention that I think they look so much better camelCase. 
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> When we start having accessors made up of three or more lowercase conjoined words we are going to realize what a bad choice it was to switch these to lowercase.  
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> I think they should stay camelCase. Please. :-)
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>> On May 20, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Matthew Johnson via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
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>> I do support Brent’s argument that keywords which syntactically appear in the same syntactic location as user-defined names should follow the same convention as those user-defined names.  This means, for example, that dynamicType already has the correct case even though it is a keyword.  I would like to see this exemption added to the proposal.
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>> Also, with this in mind I would like to see more discussion about the naming convention the community prefers for user-defined behavior accessors (under the assumption that they will make it eventually).  If we agree on lowercase for user-defined accessors (which is Chris’s stated preference) I support the change to willset and didset.  
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