[swift-evolution] Shorthand unwrap proposal

[James Campbell]

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On 23 June 2016 at 16:42, Charlie Monroe <charlie at charliemonroe.net> wrote:

> There was a proposal not long ago floating around that there could be if
> and guard that would allow something like:
>
> guard myReallyLongOptionalName! else {
> return
> }
>
> /// Now myReallyLongOptionalName is guaranteed to be nonnull
>
> -- OR --
>
> if myReallyLongOptionalName! {
> doSomethingWith(myReallyLongOptionalName)
> }
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 23, 2016, at 5:36 PM, James Campbell via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> I was wondering if people would be open to adding an unwrap method to the
> Optional type,  I already have a method like this which shortens code for
> me.
>
> So this:
>
> let myReallyLongOptionalName: String? = "Hey"
>
> if let string = myReallyLongOptionalName {
>   doSomethingWith(string)
> }
>
> Could become"
>
> let myReallyLongOptionalName: String? = "Hey"
>
> myReallyLongOptionalName.unwrap {
>   doSomethingWith($0)
> }
>
> The block would only be fired if myReallyLongOptionalName has a value.
>
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