[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Renaming sizeof, sizeofValue, strideof, strideofValue

[Xiaodi Wu]

Nope. I use it with Metal buffers, for example :)

Moreover, there's nothing inherently unsafe about sizeof, and I think it's
important, *especially when you're working with UnsafePointers*, that safe
things look safe. If the moment a pointer comes into the picture everything
related to it is prefixed with Unsafe, that word loses its meaning entirely.
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 16:54 Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> > I don't disagree with the points you make.  But one can argue that this
> is a good thing.  It calls attention to code that requires extra attention
> and care.  In some ways this is similar to 'UnsafeMutablePointer<T>' vs
> '*T'.  Verbosity was a deliberate choice in that case.
>
> You know...rather than introducing a new type like MemoryLayout, would it
> make sense to do this with static properties on UnsafePointer?
>
>         UnsafePointer<Int>.pointeeSize
>         UnsafePointer<Int>.pointeeAlignment
>         UnsafePointer<Int>.pointeeSpacing
>
> If you need this information, 90% of the time you're probably using
> UnsafePointer or one of its friends, right?
>
> --
> Brent Royal-Gordon
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