[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Make `return` optional in computed properties for a single case
Matthew Johnson
matthew at anandabits.com
Fri May 27 19:15:36 CDT 2016
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On May 27, 2016, at 6:15 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> The idea is simple:
>>
>> • Can we make return keyword optional in cases like this?
>> • Shouldn’t this behave like @autoclosure or @noescape?
>
> This actually doesn't have anything to do with @autoclosure or @noescape. Any one-expression closure can omit the `return` statement and have an inferred return type.
>
>> type A {
>> var characters: [Character] = …
>> var string: String { String(self.characters) }
>> var count: Int { 42 }
>> }
>
> Despite those inaccuracies, I do think that it's a good idea to permit single-expression accessors to omit the `return` statement; it will make them much less clunky. I would even extend this to cases where you use the `get` keyword:
>
> var string: String {
> get { String(self.characters) }
> set { characters = Array(newValue.characters) }
> }
+1. And in single-expression functions as well. This is something that should be consistent and allowed everywhere in the language.
>
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