[swift-evolution] [swift-evolution-announce] [Review] SE-0099: Restructuring Condition Clauses

[Matthew Johnson]

> 	• What is your evaluation of the proposal?

+1.  I believe it improves the clarity of condition clauses and as the proposal suggests, I think it will make it easier for programmers to learn and understand what is possible with them.

Did you consider allowing the semicolon to be omitted when a newline separates conditions?  Something like this:

condition-separator → ; | \n
‌condition-list → condition | condition condition-separator condition-list 
‌condition → expression | availability-condition | case-condition | optional-binding-condition

If so, what is the reason for requiring semicolons here when they can be omitted elsewhere in Swift?

> 	• Is the problem being addressed significant enough to warrant a change to Swift?

Yes.  
> 	• Does this proposal fit well with the feel and direction of Swift?

Yes.

> 	• If you have used other languages or libraries with a similar feature, how do you feel that this proposal compares to those?

No.

> 	• How much effort did you put into your review? A glance, a quick reading, or an in-depth study?

Participated in the discussion and offered feedback along the way, as well as reading the final proposal.

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