[swift-evolution] Revisiting SE-0041 Names

[Dave Abrahams]

on Mon Jun 27 2016, David Sweeris <davesweeris-AT-mac.com> wrote:

>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 13:13, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> There's an exception to everything.  In this case, protocols used to
>> interface with the language at the lowest levels may be purely about
>> syntax.
>
> Should we use a different word to declare such protocols?

I don't think so.

> syntax IntegerLiteral { // where “syntax” is just the lowercase
> spelling of whatever we end up calling the namespace
>     // everything from `IntegerLiteralConvertible` goes here
> }
>
> It would certainly help create the mental distinction between these
> “syntactic” protocols and "normal” protocols.

I doubt this distinction is worth the language complexity.  Expressing
it in the library via the “Syntax.” qualification does the same thing
without any compiler changes.

-- 
Dave