[swift-evolution] [Pitch] Unify preset static "initializers"

[T.J. Usiyan]

I believe that the change for UIColor.black and friends has already been
accepted. I believe that it is the result of the guidelines but I didn't
find a specific reference just now while looking.
TJ

On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Vladimir.S via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I feel that obviously UIColor.blackColor() should be transformed to
> UIColor.black property, but I'm not sure if this could be discussed in this
> mailing list(Swift evolution).
>
> (P.S. all your 3 emails were posted in list)
>
>
> On 03.06.2016 17:45, Bas Broek via swift-evolution wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was wondering the other day why "static initializers", as I will call
>> them, are not unified:
>>
>> CGRect.zero
>>>
>> vs
>>
>>> UIColor.blackColor() - which will be UIColor.black() in Swift 3.
>>>
>>
>> ... which both do pretty much the same; they are used as convenience
>> initialization for the specific type. I think their intent will be clearer
>> though, when all of them either become static vars (as with CGRect.zero) or
>> static funcs (as with UIColor.black()).
>>
>> I, though, am not sure which would be the best option.
>>
>> So I'd like to ask you all two questions:
>>
>> - Do you think these should be unified? Why (not)?
>> - If yes, should funcs or vars be used?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bas
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