[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0101: Rename sizeof and related functions to comply with API Guidelines

[Erica Sadun]

> On Jun 21, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Joe Groff via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Regarding the issue of existential metatypes with sizeof:
> 
> Pyry Jahkola points out one instance where the memorySize(type(of: …)) workaround won't work. When the value is an existential, it's illegal to ask for the size of its dynamic type: the result can't be retrieved at compile time:
> 
> let i = 123
> let c: CustomStringConvertible = i
> print(sizeof(c.dynamicType)) // error: cannot invoke 'sizeof' with an argument list of type '(CustomStringCo
> This could be enabled by having sizeof and friends formally take an Any.Type instead of <T> T.Type. (This might need some tweaking of the underlying builtins to be able to open existential metatypes, but it seems implementable.)

While I'm not a huge fan of Dave A's generic struct approach (for reasons detailed in the proposal), this could resolve one major issue I currently have with his alternative.

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