[swift-evolution] [DRAFT] Regularizing Where Grammar (was Re: Add a while clause to for loops)

Brandon Knope bknope at me.com
Fri Jun 10 14:38:01 CDT 2016


Thanks for the laugh! 

The last week or so is actually stressing me out about the direction where swift is going…

I hope it is just a fleeting feeling but that remains to be seen. I am beginning to think my interests and taste are no longer aligning with the communities or core teams.

Brandon

> On Jun 10, 2016, at 3:25 PM, L. Mihalkovic via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Goodness... where is this language going..... 
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 9:08 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 10, 2016, at 1:06 PM, Rob Norback via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Following Brent's logic that the for-in where should mimic the switch statement functionality, then this example:
>>> 
>>> for (eachKey, eachValue) 
>>> where eachValue > 5 
>>> in theKeyValuePairs {... }
>> 
>> <squish>
>> 
>> I finally convinced myself of which direction I wanted to go: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/362/files
>> 
>> Related blog post here: http://ericasadun.com/2016/06/10/swift-where-oh-where-can-my-where-clause-be/
>> 
>> Big thanks to Brent and Wux.
>> 
>> -- E
>> 
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