[swift-evolution] Shorthand unwrap proposal

[Charlie Monroe]

Here is the thread:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.evolution/17142

> On Jun 23, 2016, at 6:02 PM, James Campbell <james at supmenow.com> wrote:
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> On 23 June 2016 at 16:42, Charlie Monroe <charlie at charliemonroe.net <mailto: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)
> }
> 
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>> On Jun 23, 2016, at 5:36 PM, James Campbell via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto: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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