[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Make Self an alias for object type in object definition

Adam Nemecek adamnemecek at gmail.com
Sun May 22 15:56:01 CDT 2016


Lol, I'll search harder next time. :-)

On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:30 AM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:

>
> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0068-universal-self.md
>
> It's dangerous to go alone. Take this with you.
>
> -- E
>
>
> On May 22, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Adam Nemecek via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> What do you guys think about aliasing the type of the current object with
> the Self keyword?
>
> E.g. instead of writing
>
> class Test {
>   static var value = 0
>
>   func printValue() {
>     print(Test.value)
>   }
> }
>
>
> One could write
>
> class Test {
>   static var value = 0
>
>   func printValue() {
>     print(Self.value)
>   }
> }
>
>
>
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