[swift-evolution] Revisiting SE-0041 Names

[Shawn Erickson]

I like how your suggestion reads. It will namespace all literal
convertibles while also reading more clearly on what conforming to the
protocol implies. I now understand the intent of the Syntax namespace
however I think you suggested naming would be better.

-Shawn

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:26 PM David Sweeris via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

>
> > On Jun 22, 2016, at 19:35, Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:15 PM, David Sweeris <davesweeris at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >> That's a really interesting idea. Is "Syntax" a placeholder, or is that
> the intended name?
> >
> > It is the best name we could come up with, we are open to better
> suggestions.
>
> I guess it depends on the intended semantics of the "namespace". If the
> purpose is to be a container for the various LiteralConvertible protocols,
> then maybe something like `AcceptsLiteralType.Integer` might be better?
> It's a bit wordy, though.
>
>
> >> Also, why an enum? Especially one without any cases...
> >
> > It is not possible to create an instance of an enum that does not have
> > cases.  It becomes essentially a namespace.
>
> Oh that's a clever work-around. I like it :-)
>
> - Dave Sweeris
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