[swift-evolution] [Discussion] Type hierarchy translation consistency

[Dmitri Gribenko]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 3:33 AM, Adrian Zubarev via swift-evolution
<swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> Just looked up the current implementation of this:
>
> extension String {
>   /// The index type for subscripting a string.
>   public typealias Index = CharacterView.Index
>
>   /// A type used to represent the number of steps between two
> `String.Index`
>   /// values, where one value is reachable from the other.
>   ///
>   /// In Swift, *reachability* refers to the ability to produce one value
> from
>   /// the other through zero or more applications of `index(after:)`.
>   public typealias IndexDistance = CharacterView.IndexDistance
>
> So the whole thing is somehow a wrong translation I’d guess.
>
> Should I file a bug?

Yes, please!

Dmitri

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